14 dead and dozens injured in explosion in northern Syria



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At least 14 people were killed, most of them civilians, and dozens were injured, on Tuesday, as a result of the explosion of a car bomb in a city controlled by Turkish forces and Syrian factions loyal to them in northern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The observatory reported that the car exploded near a bus and taxi station in the center of Al-Bab city in Aleppo’s northeastern countryside, killing 14 people, most of them civilians, while at least 40 others were injured. some of them in serious condition.

No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion in the city, which has been controlled by Turkish forces and pro-Syrian factions since February 2017, following a widespread attack it launched in the region against ISIS.

The city was considered the stronghold of ISIS in the Aleppo governorate, before being expelled from it. The city sees security chaos from time to time and assassinations of leaders of pro-Ankara factions, according to the observatory.

It was also the scene of attacks with car bombs and car bombs, of which the extremist organization claimed responsibility for the execution of several of them.

Since mid-March 2011, Syria has been experiencing a bloody conflict, which has resulted in the deaths of more than 380,000 people and the displacement and displacement of more than half of the population within and outside the country.



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