Over A Dozen Killed In Car Bomb Near Turkey-Syria Border
November 3, 2019
3:03 pm
At least 13 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion in aΒ SyrianΒ town on the border withΒ Turkey, according to the Turkish defence ministry.
The blast on Saturday ripped through a crowded market in Tal Abyad, a town controlled by Turkish-backed opposition fighters.
“Based on first findings, 13 civilians were killed and around 20 others injured” in the explosion, Turkey’s defence ministry said in a statement.
The northeastern town has witnessed some of the heaviest fighting since the Turkish military launched an operation in northeast Syria last month against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is spearheaded
