Car bomb explodes in Afrin, Syria.

At least eight people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in a car bomb explosion in Afrin in Aleppo Governorate, in northwestern Syria.

A source in the local administration of the city told “Sputnik” News Agency that, “6 people were killed and 11 others wounded, one of them in serious condition in a car bomb explosion on Raju Road in the city center of Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo.”

Activists reported news of a violent explosion struck Afrin city “under the control of the Turkish forces and the factions loyal to it”, caused by a car bomb that exploded on Raju Road in the city, some of whom said that they had targeted a Turkish army patrol, which resulted in 6 deaths and at least 20 wounded, as the number dead are likely to rise amid dangerous situations.