Hospitals workers say at least 19 people were killed all but one of them women when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city. The car detonated Monfay next to a vehicle carrying mostly female agricultural workers on the outskirts of the city of Manbij. A nurse said the dead included 18 women and one man.
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The dead included 18 women and one man, a nurse at the hospital, Mohammad Ahmad, told The Associated Press. Another 15 women were wounded, some of them in critical condition, according to the local Syrian civil defense.It was the seventh car bomb explosion in Manbij in just over a month, said Munir Mustafa, the deputy director of civil defense.
Turkish-backed factions, known as the Syrian National Army, have clashed with the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The factions took the city from the SDF in early December during a lightning insurgency that toppled President Bashar Assad.Syria’s interim president visits Saudi Arabia on first trip abroad, likely a signal to IranA resident said the car that detonated was parked on the roadside. The recurring attacks have forced residents to become more vigilant, he said.
Mustafa warned that the attacks in Aleppo province near Syria’s second city are a threat to Syria’s progress to bring about post-war security and economic recovery. Most of the explosions took place at night.
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