One person died and five more were injured in the aftermath of a car bombing in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah on Thursday, media reported
DAMASCUS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 05th December, 2019) One person died and five more were injured in the aftermath of a car bombing in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah on Thursday, media reported.According to Syria's Sham FM radio station, the incident happened in Ras al-Ayn, which is located near the Turkish border.
The radio station also reported a second blast in the city but information regarding any possible victims has not yet surfaced.
On November 26, the Turkish Defense Ministry said that 17 civilians were killed in a car explosion near the city of Ras al-Ayn.
On October 12, Turkey captured several border towns in northeastern Syria, including Ras al-Ayn, as part of a cross-border operation to create a safe zone to which migrants could be moved after clearing the territory from Kurdish forces.
The operation was halted under a ceasefire deal mediated by the United States on October 18 and stopped officially five days later after Turkey and Russia reached a pact aimed at facilitating the withdrawal of the Kurdish militia from an 18-mile border zone located outside the area of operation. Since then, joint patrols of the border territory are conducted regularly by the Russian military police and the Turkish troops.
