BEIRUT: A car bomb near a checkpoint manned by Turkey-backed rebels in the northern Syrian town of Afrin killed 13 people including eight civilians Thursday, a war monitor said.
“The car bomb exploded near the checkpoint at the entrance to the town where vehicles were gathering to be checked,” the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies took control of Afrin from Kurdish forces in March last year after a two-month air and ground offensive.
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Car bomb at rebel checkpoint in Syria’s Afrin kills 13: monitor
Car bomb at rebel checkpoint in Syria’s Afrin kills 13: monitor
- The area fell under the control of Turkish army and Syrian proxies in March 2018
Explosion at mosque in Syria’s Homs kills three, says local official
- Explosion at mosque in Syria’s Homs kills three, says local official
DAMASCUS: Three people were killed and five injured when an explosion struck a mosque in an Alawite neighborhood in the Syrian province of Homs on Friday, a local official said.
Syrian state media said security forces had imposed a cordon around the area and were investigating.
Local officials told Reuters it may have been caused by a suicide bomber or explosives placed there.
Syrian state media said security forces had imposed a cordon around the area and were investigating.
Local officials told Reuters it may have been caused by a suicide bomber or explosives placed there.
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