Car bomb kills FSA member in Syria’s Jarabulus

By Adham Kako and Omer Koparan</p> <p>JARABULUS, Syria (AA) – A bomb-laden vehicle detonated in Syrian opposition-controlled Jarabulus, leaving one fighter dead, local sources said. </p> <p>A car loaded with explosives from YPG/PKK-controlled Manbij was headed to the Turkish backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) Jarabulus –located in the Euphrates Shield Operation area. </p> <p>FSA security units told Anadolu Agency that the attack was likely carried out by YPG/PKK terrorists. </p> <p>Jarabulus was cleared of terrorists in 2016 as part of the Turkey-led Operation Euphrates Shield. </p> <p>Last month, five FSA bomb-disposal experts were killed in another car bomb that came to the city from the YPG/PKK-controlled Manbij. </p> <p>Since 2016, Turkey’s Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations in northwestern Syria have liberated the region of YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorists, making it possible for Syrians who fled violence there to return home.