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Triple car bombings in Turkey-occupied Syria draw UN condemnation

Bombings in Afrin, Azaz and a village near al-Bab claimed at least 18 lives this weekend.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Feb 1, 2021
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Civilians carry young victims at the scene of an explosion in the town of Azaz in the rebel-controlled northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province, on Jan. 31, 2021. A car bomb killed at least four people, including three civilians, in the Turkish-held northern town of Azaz in war-torn Syria today, a war monitor said. The attack, which occurred near a cultural center, also wounded more than 22 others, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. — NAYEF AL-ABOUD/AFP via Getty Images

Three car bombings struck Turkey-occupied northern Syria on Saturday and Sunday, killing at least 18 people, including at least four children. More than 60 people were believed to have been injured in the three blasts.

The first blast occurred in the historically Kurdish city of Afrin on Saturday, killing eight and injuring 27, according to Syria’s White Helmets.

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