About 21 people were killed and dozens of others were injured yesterday in a car bomb explosion in the city of Tal Abyad, which is controlled by Turkish forces in northern Syria, and air strikes carried out by Russian warplanes in Idlib province, for the first time in two months, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , Medical and field sources.
At least 15 people were killed and more than 30 wounded yesterday when a car exploded in a market in the Syrian city of Tal Abyad, which borders Turkey, the Observatory and medical sources said. The explosion.
A medical source in the city of Tal Abyad said that the car bomb explosion occurred in front of the Al-Ghanim fuel station, in the middle of Tal Abyad, in the afternoon, and most of the injured were in critical condition, and were taken to Turkish hospitals due to the inability of Tel Abyad Hospital to provide them with treatment.
The source confirmed that the car bomb was loaded with a large amount of explosives, led to great destruction and burned a large number of shops and cars, while Turkey and armed factions supporting them, accused the Syrian Democratic Forces «SDF» and Kurdish People's Protection Units of being behind the bombing.
The city of Tal Abyad, last Monday, a car bomb exploded near a bakery, and several cars exploded in the northern countryside of Raqqa, and this is the fifth explosion in a week, where three car bombs and a motorcycle exploded in the behavior of Tall Abyad, Hammam Turkman and Ain Al-Arous Killed and more than 25 wounded.
In a related context, the Syrian Observatory pointed out that at least six civilians were killed, yesterday, strikes carried out by Russian warplanes in the province of Idlib, northwest of Syria, pointing out that among those killed at least one child and a woman, all from the same family, targeting «Russian warplanes village Jabala, in the southern countryside of Idlib ».
The Observatory pointed out that the number of dead is likely to rise, given the presence of wounded, some of them in serious cases, in addition to the presence of trapped under the rubble.
Idlib and its environs include around three million people, half of whom are displaced from other areas, including tens of thousands of opposition fighters evacuated from other provinces. Finally on the positions of armed factions.
"This is the first time in two months that this number of civilians have been killed in a single Russian air operation," Rami Abdulrahman, the director of the observatory, told AFP. "Since the ceasefire was declared, eight civilians have been killed, including two in September." Russian air on the area in recent days.
In parallel, clashes intensified recently between Syrian forces and fighters of armed factions, according to the Observatory, which showed that 23 Syrian Army fighters and 12 fighters of the factions, were killed in battles in Lattakia province.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday that the battle of Idlib was the "basis" for resolving the country's eight-year war, adding that during his visit to the front lines in Idlib, the first visit to the province since the outbreak of the conflict, his forces were ready. To start their attack in time.
The car bomb exploded in a market, causing great destruction in shops.