ALEPPO, Syria — Areas are controlled by the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions in the countryside of Aleppo in northwest Syria are suffering from security chaos due to an escalation of violence, assassination attempts and bombings, mostly at the hands of groups affiliated with the Islamic State (IS).
On June 5, four explosive devices exploded in the city of Jarablus, near the Turkish border, northeast of Aleppo. The Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) said in a Facebook post, “Four IEDs [improvised explosive devices] exploded in the evening of Saturday, June 5, in the city of Jarablus in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, two of which were detonated in a car, and two others in two cars, causing one of the vehicles to burn down. Our teams secured the premises immediately. Only material damages were recorded.”
