Manbij Military Council released a statement providing details of an operation against a jihadist in Manbij city.

According to the statement, anti-terror units of Manbij Military Council (MMC) carried out an operation against a mercenary confirmed to have infiltrated into the region from Turkish-occupied areas with the aim of perpetrating an attack. While the mercenary tried to flee from his position during the raid by MMC units, he was killed in the ensuing armed confrontation.

Manbij Military Council pointed to the presence of ISIS in Turkish-occupied areas, recalling that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his aide Abu Hasan al-Muhajir, who were killed in an operation by the International Coalition, had been staying in the Turkish-occupied Idlib city.

The statement said a rifle and a suicide vest were seized from the ISIS member during the operation, and added that all similar attempts of infiltration from Turkish-occupied areas into North-East Syria were being traced with attention.