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Car bomb kills 11 civilians in northern Syria

A car bomb near a hospital in a town held by Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces in northern Syria killed 11 civilians on Sunday (September 15th), AFP reported.

The blast struck in al-Rai near the Turkish border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing near the town's entrance, the second such deadly blast in the wider area since June.

A member of the opposition security forces, Osama Abu al-Kheir, told AFP that a refrigerator truck blew up outside a healthcare centre.

The deputy head of the town council, Alaa al-Hammad, said the truck appeared to have been detonated by remote control.

A pharmacist and two of his children were among those killed, he said, adding that nearby homes were reduced to rubble.

Turkish troops and allied Syrian opposition forces launched a military operation against both the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) and Kurdish fighters in northern Syria in 2016, seizing al-Rai and the nearby town of Azaz.

Turkish troops and intelligence forces are stationed in the area, and Turkey backs Syrian opposition fighters serving as police officers.

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