(Zaman Al Wasl)- A rigged motorcycle exploded in the Turkish-held city of Afrin, killing two people and injuring three others on Wednesday, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter.
The second blast in a week has targeted the city center where the main marketplace is located.
On Saturday, 6 civilians, including four children, were injured in a car bomb attack which thought to be carried out by the Kurdish YPG militia.
Turkey’s military backed by Syrian opposition forces seized Afrin, a mainly Kurdish district, from the YPG in March 2018 in a major offensive.
Two months ago, 48 civilians were killed, including 11 children, when a bomb detonated in Afrin.
The blast was one of the deadliest to hit a region under the control of Turkish-backed forces. Ankara frequently blames the YPG for the attacks, while the militia says it does not target civilians, Reuters reported.
Ankara views the YPG as a terrorist group linked to Kurdish militants on its own soil and has mounted military operations in northern Syria to push it back from the border.
The nine-year-old conflict has killed more than 490,000 people and displaced 13 million.
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