Car bombing claimed by Daesh kills at least five people, including three children, in a militant-held town in northeast Syria - war monitor
A militant stands at the site of an explosives-rigged vehicle that detonated in the town of Al Qahtaniya, in the Hasakeh province on August 7, 2019.
Local sources, speaking to the media said the bomb was detonated remotely in front of the town post office.Regime news agency SANA also reported the bombing, saying it killed several people, including children.The terror group routinely claims attacks in northeast Syria, despite its territorial defeat earlier this year.
The town of Al Zakat and the Al Arbaeen village in Hama province came under regime control on Wednesday morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The push has also seen regime loyalists reach the edges of Kafr Zita and Al Latamneh — respectively, a major town and a village — held by the opposition in northern Hama, according to the Observatory.
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