20 killed in Syria car bomb explosion

A car bomb blast has killed 20 people in Syria's northeastern city of Hassakeh, reports say.

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(File: AAP) Source: AAP

A car bomb explosion has killed at least 20 people in Syria's predominantly Kurdish northeastern city of Hassakeh.

The official SANA news agency says Monday's attack took place in the city's al-Mahatta neighbourhood. Along with those killed, at least 40 people were reported wounded.

In another part of the city, another car bomb blew up an hour earlier, but there was no word on casualties.

Syrian state TV showed footage of a two-storey building that collapsed from the al-Mahatta explosion, which also left a large crater in the street. A man is seen holding a victim and weeping.

Syrian Kurdish fighters are largely in control of the city, which has pockets of government forces.


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