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Death toll rises after triple truck-bomb attacks in Kurdish-controlled Syria Death toll rises after triple truck-bomb attacks in Kurdish-controlled Syria
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A spokesman for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said the death toll from a triple truck-bomb attack in a town in north-eastern Syria had risen from 50 to 60 people, with more than 80 others wounded. A triple truck bomb attack carried out by Islamic State in northeastern Syria killed at least 50 people and wounded 80 others, a spokesman for the Kurdish militia that controls the area said on Friday.
One of the blasts on Friday occurred outside a hospital, another at a market and the third in a residential area in the YPG-controlled town of Tel Tamer, Redur Xelil said via an internet messaging service. The town in the northeastern province of Hasaka is controlled by the Kurdish YPG militia, which has been battling Islamic State with the support of US-led air strikes.
A statement on the website of Kurdish security force Asayish blamed the attack on Islamic State. The town is in the mostly Kurdish-controlled province of Hasakah. Kurdish fighters have advanced in the last few weeks against Islamic State in Hasaka province, notably with the takeover of the town of al Houl by a US-backed rebel alliance that includes the YPG.
This is a breaking news update. Please check back later for more information. The three blasts, carried out by at least two suicide bombers, hit outside a hospital, at a market and in a residential area in the town of Tel Tamer late on Thursday, the YPG’s Redur Xelil said via internet messaging service.
“There is massive destruction in the town, and the number killed is between 50 and 60, all of them civilians,” he said.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gave an earlier death toll of at least 22 people, saying that number was likely to increase.
Amaq News Agency, which supports Islamic State militants, said in a statement that the group had carried out the attack, targeting Kurdish “bases” in Tel Tamer with three suicide bombs.
The Observatory said one of the bombs exploded near a health centre and another near a vegetable market. It said there was “confirmed information” about casualties among the Kurdish internal security force known as the Asayish.
The YPG has been the most effective partner on the ground in Syria for the US-led coalition that is fighting Islamic State. In October, it became part of the new US-backed alliance, called the Democratic Forces of Syria.