Five people died in a car bomb explosion in northern Syria

At least five people were killed and others injured on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded in the city of Al-Bab, which is under the control of pro-Ankara Syrian factions in northern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Observatory reported that a car exploded in the city in which the chief of the police station was traveling in a nearby town, killing him, along with two of his bodyguards and his driver, as well as two civilians.

The explosion caused 19 injuries, according to the observatory.

The director of the observatory, Rami Abdel-Rahman, said that an explosive device was placed in the commander’s car and exploded while he was near a police station in Al-Bab.

No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion in the city, which Turkish forces and pro-Syrian factions have taken control since February 2017, following a large-scale attack they launched in the region against ISIS.

Abd al-Rahman did not rule out that “the organization’s cells are behind this attack.”

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.