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2d LD: Blast kills 20 Turkey-backed rebels in northern Syria 

Xinhua, October 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least 20 Ankara-backed Syrian rebels were killed in a blast that rocked their position on the Syrian-Turkish border, a monitor group reported Thursday.

The explosion targeted a group of fighters at the Atama border crossing, which under the control of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), between Syria and Turkey, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Other activists said the blast rocked the Atama refugee camp near the border crossing.

Meanwhile, the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car at a position of the rebels inside the border crossing, which is located in the northern countryside of Idlib.

On Aug. 14, a blast hit the same crossing at Atama, killing 35 rebels and civilians, and wounding 40 others. Endit