| | | Date: Feb 19, 2019 | | Source: The Daily Star |  |  |  |
| | Twin bombings rock Syria's Idlib, killing at least 10 | BEIRUT: Two bomb blasts in the northwestern city of Idlib killed at least 10 on Monday, according to Syrian opposition activists and paramedics.
They said an explosive device planted in a parked car detonated in a main street in the provincial capital. Many of the casualties were civil defense workers who reached the site moments before a second explosion nearby. That blast was attributed by some witnesses to a bomb rigged to a motorcyle.
The opposition's Syrian Civil Defense, a group of volunteer first responders, said however, only one of its members was wounded.
Social media footage showed aid workers carrying away bodies and rescuing wounded civilians amid smouldering wreckage.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blasts in the Qusour neighborhood during rush hour Monday killed 13 people and wounded 25.
The Edlib Media Center, an activist collective, said the bombings killed 10 and wounded dozens.
The city of Idlib is controlled by Al-Qaeda-linked Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, which has wide influence in northern Syria.
A local office of the "Salvation Government", an administrative body created by HTS, is located on the street targeted by Monday's attack.
The city has been hit with bombings in recent months that killed or wounded scores of people. |
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