At least 15 people lost their lives, and dozens were injured on Monday when a car bomb detonated on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city, according to local civil defence and a war monitor, reports AP.
The explosion occurred near the city of Manbij, where the bomb-laden vehicle went off next to another vehicle transporting agricultural workers. The local Syrian civil defence reported that 14 women and one man were killed, while 15 more women sustained injuries, some in critical condition. However, the Britain-based war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, claimed that 18 women and one man had died.
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Despite the fall of President Bashar Assad in December, Manbij, located in northeastern Aleppo province, remains plagued by violence. Turkish-backed factions known as the Syrian National Army continue to engage in clashes with the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
On Saturday, another car bombing in Manbij resulted in the deaths of four civilians and left nine others wounded, according to SANA, which cited civil defence officials.
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