MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : MANBIJ / SYRIA / KURDISTAN After ISIS day + 3: Manbij attack – by Seth Frantzman
ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack Manbij that took place during the night of March 25-26. It comes just days after the declaration of the defeat of ISIS.#BREAKING Islamic State group claims attack on US-backed forces in Syria’s Manbij pic.twitter.com/urnBtF0DpM
— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 26, 2019
The Manbij Military Council announced it. “Terrorist attack on a roadblock at the entrance to Manbij was carried out at midnight around 12 p.m. on Wednesday night, after which seven militants carrying out their duties were martyred.”
#عاجل
تم تنفيذ هجوم إرهابي على إحدى الحواجز في مدخل مدينة منبج، و ذلك في منتصف الليل حوالي الساعة 12 ليلة أمس و عل أثره تم استشهاد سبعة مقاتلين كانوا يقومون بمهامهم لحراسة المدينة.
المركز الإعلامي لمجلس منبج العسكري
— المجلس العسكري لمنبج (@mmc2016c) March 26, 2019
It is an example of the kind of sleeper cell attacks Wladimir Van Wilgenburg has argued will increase.
After the #Manbij incident, important to read @vvanwilgenburg analysis on sleeper cells in eastern Syria, check it out @BretStephensNYT @JeffreyGoldberg #SyriaNews https://t.co/mZHjigHywy
— Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis (@MidEast_Center) March 26, 2019
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