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1st LD: Twin car bombings target border city in northern Syria

Xinhua, September 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two car bombs went off at the outskirt of a strategic city on the Syrian-Turkish border in the country's northern province of Hasakah on Monday, leaving unknown number of causalities, state news agency SANA reported.

The first car exploded at the outskirt of the city of Ras al-Ayn, while the second went off at the entrance of the Masharfeh town, southeast of the city, SANA said, spelling no further details.

Ras al-Ayn was the scene of major fighting in 2013 before Kurdish fighters routed al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and other rebels from the city, which has a border crossing with Turkey.

The Kurdish fighters backed by the U.S.-led anti-terror coalition also fought the Islamic State (IS) militants in that area and its surrounding.

The city's population consists mostly of Arabs and Kurds in addition to a significant number of Assyrians. Endit