37 killed in Syria clashes between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces: monitor

Thursday, 9 January, 2025 , 08:00

Damascus, Jan 9, 2025 (AFP) — Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria's northern Manbij region, a war monitor said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported "fierce battles in the Manbij countryside... in the past hours between the (Kurdish-led) Syrian Democratic Forces and the (Turkish-backed) National Army factions... with Turkish air cover". The monitor said the attacks "killed 37 people in a preliminary toll", mostly Turkish-backed combatants.