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1st LD: Suicide bombing kills 10 Kurdish fighters in northern Syria

Xinhua, August 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least 10 Kurdish fighters were killed Wednesday, when a suicide car bombing ripped through their position in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

The Islamic State (IS) group carried out the suicide car bombing at one of the positions of the Kurdish security forces in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli, sending plumes of smoke bellowing over the area.

Qamishli-based activists said the a red truck exploded near a position of the Kurdish fighters in the al-Antariyeh district in Qamishli, leaving many civilians, who work in a nearby industrial city, wounded.

The blast left property losses as shown in aftermath photos circulated online.

Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units, who are backed by the U.S.-led coalition, have been making strides in their battle against the IS in predominantly Kurdish areas in northern Syria along the border with Turkey.

Earlier this week, the IS kidnapped 70 Kurdish people from towns in the countryside of the northern province of Aleppo, hustling them to unknown locations, according to the Observatory. Endit