24-02-2017 15:52 via yahoo.com

Islamic State car bomb kills more than 50 in northwest Syria

By Angus McDowalland Humeyra PamukBEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An Islamic State car bomb killed more than 50 people on Friday in a Syrian village held by rebels, a war monitor said, a day after the jihadist group was driven from its last stronghold in the area.The blast in the village of Sousian hit a security checkpoint controlled by rebels fighting under the Free Syrian Army (FSA) banner.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitor of the war based in Britain, said more than 50 people die
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