Syrian Kurdish officials have arrested a group of Turkish-backed militants from the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), who was apparently plotting new terror attacks in the country’s northern province of Aleppo on orders from Turkey’s intelligence agency (MIT).
“Counter-terrorism units of the Manbij Military Council (MMC) have disbanded a cell, comprising of seven militants who … were supported by the Ankara government and were acting in full coordination with MIT,” the MMC said in a statement on Thursday.
It added, “They were planning several explosions and acts of terror.”
The statement went on to say that large amounts of weapons and munitions, including grenades, Kalashnikov assault rifles and Chiappa Firearms M6 M6 rifles was seized from the militants.
The development came a day after at least four US servicemen and 14 other people were killed following a massive bomb explosion, which struck near a patrol of the US-led coalition forces purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Manbij.