Twin blasts in Syrian city Idlib kill at least 15

  Monday, 18 February 2019

source: abna

Twin explosions in the bustling center of the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Monday killed at least 15 people and injured scores, medics and witnesses said.
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Twin explosions in the bustling center of the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Monday killed at least 15 people and injured scores, medics and witnesses said.
They said an explosive device planted in a parked car detonated in a main street in the provincial capital. Many of the casualties were civil defense workers who reached the site moments before a second explosion nearby. That blast was attributed by some witnesses to a bomb rigged to a motorcyle.
Social media footage showed aid workers carrying away bodies and rescuing wounded civilians amid smouldering wreckage.
Idlib province, in Syria’s northwest corner, is under the control of Hayat Tahrir al Sham, a bloc of terrorist militant factions spearheaded by Syria’s former al Qaeda affiliate, and has long been targeted by bombings and assassinations.