Nineteen people were killed and others injured, most of them civilians, today, as a result of a car bomb explosion in the northern Syrian city of Al-Bab, which is controlled by pro-Turkish Syrian factions, according to the toll announced by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Observatory said that among the dead at least 13 civilians were killed by the car bomb at a gathering point of taxis and passenger buses in the city of Al-Bab, and the observatory quoted activists in the city and the presence of bodies charred by the bombing.