Car Bomb Blast Near Syria’s Ras al-Ain Kills 17 People, Turkish Defence Ministry Says

The tragedy comes just days after another car explosion left at least 10 people dead and 25 injured in the town of Tell Abyad near the Syrian-Turkish border.

A car bomb attack near the city of Ras al-Ain in northern Syria has claimed the lives of 17 people, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Ministry said that the Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara labels a terrorist group, was responsible for the attack.Earlier, SANA news agency reported that a number of civilians were killed while others were critically injured after a car bomb exploded in the town of Tel Halaf, west of the city of Ras al-Ain on the Syrian-Turkish border.