Manbij Massacre: Car bomb explosion kills 21, including 20 women
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An ambushed car explodes near a bus transporting farmers, killing 21 people, in Manbij, eastern Aleppo.
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Victims of a car bomb explosion are transported to a hospital in northern Syria, on February 3, 2025. (Social media)
21 people, including 20 women, have been killed after a car bomb exploded in the city of Manbij, eastern Aleppo, in Syria, as per a preliminary toll.
The Syrian Civil Defense also reported that 15 women sustained grave injuries, which could increase the death toll. Additional information revealed that all victims were agricultural workers.
🔴عاجل: مجزرة مروعة أغلب ضحاياها من النساء، جراء انفجار السيارة المفخخة في مدينة منبج شرقي #حلب، اليوم الاثنين 3 شباط.#الخوذ_البيضاء #سوريا pic.twitter.com/bwg6nLNpqd
— الدفاع المدني السوري (@SyriaCivilDefe) February 3, 2025
The car, according to details provided by the Syrian Civil Defense, passed by a bus transporting the farmers, which explains the high death toll.
مشاهد من موقع تفجير السيارة المفخخة قبل قليل على استراد منبج. https://t.co/baISfoUpc3 pic.twitter.com/8dCqQArEHv
— رؤى لدراسات الحرب (@Roaastudies) February 3, 2025
Syria's security situation has yet to stabilize, with executions, revenge killings, and bombings still taking place every day.
On Saturday, local sources in the Hama governorate reported that a masked armed group stormed the village of Arza, abducting several residents before executing 15 of them near the Orontes River, late on Friday.
According to eyewitnesses, the assailants knocked on doors in the village, forcibly took the residents to an unknown location, and executed them by shooting with silenced pistols. The attackers then quickly fled the area, leaving the bodies behind.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has condemned such incidents, noting at least 105 revenge killings being recorded across the country, with 218 people reported dead, since the start of 2025. Over half of these victims were targeted because of their sectarian affiliations.
Read more: 'Unprecedented violence' sweeps Syria as 35 killed in Homs: SOHR
