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Syrian rebel commander wounded in car explosion in southern Turkey

Xinhua, August 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Syrian rebel commander was seriously wounded on Wednesday after a bomb exploded in his car in southern Turkey, daily Hurriyet reported.

Jamil Raadoun, from Free Syrian Army, was hospitalized after the bomb exploded when he started his car in Hatay province bordering neighboring Syria. His son near the car lost his consciousness due to fear after the explosion, the daily reported.

Earlier in April the rebel commander survived an attack when a bomb was noticed in his car.

The Islamic State (IS) group, which is clashing with Free Syrian Army fractions in Syria, is the suspected to be behind the attack, local media reported.

Turkey is already hosting nearly two million Syrian refugees after the civil war there broke out in early 2011. Around 278,000 of them are taking shelter in 25 camps mostly in Turkey's border provinces.

Turkey, once an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is now the fierce opponent of the Syrian government and has been supporting the opposition trying to topple him since 2011. Endit