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A Daesh car bomb on a security checkpoint controlled by Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in a village near Syria’s Al-Bab has killed 35 civilians and six rebels, sources in the region said today.
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The attack was carried out in Sousian, northwest of Al-Bab and wounded many others, the sources said.
The Turkey-backed fighters yesterday drove Daesh from Al-Bab and surrounding villages, the extremist group’s last significant stronghold in northwest Syria, along with the two smaller neighbouring towns of Qabasin and Al-Bezah, after weeks of street fighting.