18 killed in Syrian car bomb

A car bomb in southern Syria has killed 18 rebel fighters and was most likely carried out by the Islamic State.

Eighteen fighters are dead after a car bomb blast hit a Syrian insurgent group in the southern province of Quneitra.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosion happened in the village of al-Isha on Wednesday, hitting a base belonging to Jabhat Thuwwar Souria, a Free Syrian Army group.

Suhaib al-Ruhail, a spokesman for the Alwiyat al-Furqan group which operates in the area, said it was most likely carried out by "Daesh sleeper cells", a reference to Islamic State.

The incident did not appear to be related to the current cessation of hostilities between the Syrian government and its allies and non-jihadist insurgent groups.


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