The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Eight Killed In Explosion In NE Syria

A booby-trapped vehicle went off in a Turkey-controlled area in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah on Tuesday, killing eight people, a war monitor reported.

The vehicle exploded in a marketplace in the city of Ras al-Ayn in the countryside of Hasakah, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The UK-based watchdog group said in an earlier report that four people were killed in the blast.

Three of the slain people were civilians while the rest are pro-Turkey fighters, the report said.

It added that, 15 other fighters were wounded and taken to hospitals in Turkey and in Ras al-Ayn.

Ras al-Ayn is controlled by the Turkey-backed rebels and Turkish forces after a Turkish campaign against Kurdish-controlled areas in northern Syria last Oct.

 

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