Damascus, Syria (AP) – A car exploded on Monday on the outskirts of a Northern Syrian city, killing at least 19 people, all women except one, and leaving more than a dozen injured, said workers of workers The hospital.
The car exploded alongside a vehicle mainly carrying agricultural workers on the outskirts of the city of Manbij.
The dead included 18 women and a man, a nurse in the hospital, Mohammad Ahmad, told the Associated Press. 15 other women have been injured, some of which in critical condition, according to the local Syrian civil defense.
No group immediately claimed the responsibility of the explosion.
It was the seventh explosion of car bombs in Manbij in just over a month, said Mustafa, deputy director of civil defense.
Manbij, in the northeast of Aleppo province, continues to attend violence even after the fall of President Bashar Assad in December.
Factions supported by the turquies, known as the Syrian national army, faced the Syrian democratic forces led by the United States. The factions took the city of the homeless in early December during a lightning insurrection which overthrew President Bashar Assad.
A resident said the car that exploded was parked on the side of the road. Recurring attacks have forced residents to become more vigilant, he said.
“There are efforts of the inhabitants of Manbij to focus on protecting certain districts as well as to set up surveillance cameras in the main districts of the city,” said Jameel al-Sayyed, an activist and journalist Manbij.
Mustafa warned that attacks on the province of Aleppo, near the second city in Syria, threaten Syria’s progress to cause post-war economic and economic recovery. Most explosions took place at night.
“Continuous attacks against Syrian civil zones and targeting civilians while trying to recover from the effects of the Assad deceased regime … threaten their lives, deepen their humanitarian tragedy, undermines educational and agricultural activities and The means of subsistence and gets worse and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and aggravate and s ‘Crazy and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens and gets worse and worsen and worsen and worsen and get worse and worsen And worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and worsen and get worse and s ‘Crafts and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens and worsens, the humanitarian situation in Syria, “said Mustafa.
A car bombardment in Manbij killed four civilians and nine injured on Saturday, reported the news agency of the Sana State, citing civil defense officials.
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Chehayeb reported to Beirut.
