ISTANBUL/MANBIJ, Syria 

At least three people were killed and 15 others injured in a terrorist attack in the Manbij district of Syria's Aleppo province on Saturday, security sources said.

A bomb-laden vehicle exploded in the Rabita neighborhood of Manbij, which is under the control of the Syrian National Army.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but local security forces said it might have been carried out by the PKK/YPG terrorist organization.

The SNA had liberated Manbij from the terrorists in December 2024.

In its 40-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US, and EU — has been responsible for the deaths of over 40,000 people, including women, children, infants, and the elderly. The YPG is its Syrian offshoot.

Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the terrorist group has attempted to exploit regional instability to create a "terror corridor" along the border with Türkiye.