Car bomb blast in northern Syria killed at least 19 people, most women in dead


Even after the fall of President Bashar Asad in December, violence continues in the wishes of Northeast Aleppo province. Turkish -backed groups, known as the Syrian National Army, have fought with the US -backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

Damascus (Syria), 3 February (AP) A car bomb exploded on Monday on the outskirts of a city in northern Syria, killing at least 19 people. Hospital staff reported that all women except one of them were, and more than a dozen people were injured.

The car exploded next to a vehicle on the outskirts of the city of Manbij city, with most women agricultural workers.

A nurse in the hospital, Mohammad Ahmed, told Associated Press that the dead included 18 women and a man. According to local Syrian civil security, 15 other women were injured, some of whom are in critical condition.

No group took immediate responsibility for the explosion.

Munir Mustafa, Deputy Director of Civil Defense, said it was a seventh car bomb blast in Manbij in less than a month.

The groups snatched the city from SDF during a fierce rebellion that ousted President Bashar Assad in early December. A resident said that the car that exploded was standing on the side of the road. He said that repeated attacks have forced the residents to be more vigilant. Manabij activist and journalist Jamil al-Sayyid said, “The people of Manbij are trying to install monitoring cameras in the main areas of the city along with focusing on the security of some areas.” Mustafa warned that the attacks in Aleppo province near another city of Syria were threatened by Syria’s progress to bring security and economic reforms after the war. Most of the explosions occurred at night. Mustafa said, “Syrian civilian areas constantly attack and target citizens, while they are trying to overcome the influences of the Assad regime… they endanger their lives, increase their human tragedy, educational and educational and educational Agricultural weakens activities and livelihood, and spoils the human situation in Syria. ” State news agency SANA, citing civil security officials, said that four civilians were killed and nine were injured in a car bomb blast in Manabij on Saturday. (AP)

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