On 20 January 2019, A bombing carried out by pro-YPG insurgents killed and injured dozens of individuals in Afrin city, a health source claimed that the attack resulted in the death of 3 and the injuries of 12 others.[20] On the same day the Afrin Liberation Forces claimed to have attacked construction equipment belonging to Turkish forces used for building trenches and tunnels, they also claimed that during the attack they killed fighters allied with the Turkish military claiming they were Jihadists.[21]