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| Suicide blast kills at least 60 near Al-Bab, Syria – reports | |
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| At least 60 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and 100 injured near the Syrian city of Al-Bab, in the Aleppo Governorate, in an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) suicide bombing, Turkish Anadolu Agency reports, citing local sources. | |
| At least 41 injured civilians have been transferred to a hospital in Kilis Province, southeastern Turkey on the border with Syria, Anadolu reports, citing sources. | |
| According to earlier reports from RIA's rebel sources, it remains unclear if the explosion was caused by a car bomb or a suicide bomber. | According to earlier reports from RIA's rebel sources, it remains unclear if the explosion was caused by a car bomb or a suicide bomber. |
| The blast occurred in a particularly dense public area. | The blast occurred in a particularly dense public area. |
| Six rebels were among those killed, Reuters reports, citing sources in the region, who said a car bomb was used in the attack. | Six rebels were among those killed, Reuters reports, citing sources in the region, who said a car bomb was used in the attack. |
| The incident follows the Turkish military's announcement that Al-Bab had been liberated from IS in a joint operation with armed anti-government rebels. The operation began in August 2016. | The incident follows the Turkish military's announcement that Al-Bab had been liberated from IS in a joint operation with armed anti-government rebels. The operation began in August 2016. |
| When the operation is over, “we will be able to say that Al-Bab has been completely cleared of Daesh elements,” Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Thursday, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State terrorist group. | When the operation is over, “we will be able to say that Al-Bab has been completely cleared of Daesh elements,” Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Thursday, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State terrorist group. |
| Al-Bab and two smaller towns, Qabasin and al-Bezah, are said to be the terrorist group’s last remaining stronghold in Syria’s northwest. | Al-Bab and two smaller towns, Qabasin and al-Bezah, are said to be the terrorist group’s last remaining stronghold in Syria’s northwest. |
| The victory in Al-Bab may have been exaggerated on Thursday, as rebel commanders from the Free Syrian Army reported success. “We had reached the city center yesterday but there was a suicide attack so we had to withdraw a little bit,” a fighter from the Sultan Murad Brigade told Reuters by phone on Thursday, referring to another earlier attack. He reported terrorists laying mines along the tunnels running below ground. | The victory in Al-Bab may have been exaggerated on Thursday, as rebel commanders from the Free Syrian Army reported success. “We had reached the city center yesterday but there was a suicide attack so we had to withdraw a little bit,” a fighter from the Sultan Murad Brigade told Reuters by phone on Thursday, referring to another earlier attack. He reported terrorists laying mines along the tunnels running below ground. |
| These reports were corroborated by other field commanders in interviews to AFP, celebrating IS being kicked out of the town completely, and follow the February 17 report that Al-Bab was almost a done deal – while reports were emerging that IS was still in control of 90 percent of the town. | These reports were corroborated by other field commanders in interviews to AFP, celebrating IS being kicked out of the town completely, and follow the February 17 report that Al-Bab was almost a done deal – while reports were emerging that IS was still in control of 90 percent of the town. |