A large explosion in the busy center of the rebel-held town of Azaz near border with Turkey killed around 50 people and wounded dozens on Saturday, local reporter, and activists said.
At least 50 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the blast in front of a courthouse in the northern town of Azaz in Aleppo province.
A resident and the opposition-affiliated Aleppo Media Centre told Reuters the explosion was thought to have been caused by a car bomb.
Syria's nearly six-year war has create a patchwork of areas of control across the country.
Azaz is a major stronghold of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), an alliance of moderate rebel groups whose fighters have, with Turkish military support, pushed Islamic State militants out of the border area.
The explosion occurred near a government building in the town and was heard across the border in the Turkish town of Kilis, Turkey's privately-owned Dogan news agency.
It said preparations were being made to receive casualties in Kilis hospital.
In unsourced comments, it said a car bomb planted by Islamic State was responsible.
In a round-up of its military operations over the last 24 hours in support of rebels in northern Syria, the Turkish military said on Saturday that 21 Islamic State militants had been killed in clashes.
Turkish warplanes destroyed buildings and vehicles in air strikes on 12 Islamic State targets, it said. (With Reuters)
At least 50 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the blast in front of a courthouse in the northern town of Azaz in Aleppo province.
A resident and the opposition-affiliated Aleppo Media Centre told Reuters the explosion was thought to have been caused by a car bomb.
Syria's nearly six-year war has create a patchwork of areas of control across the country.
Azaz is a major stronghold of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), an alliance of moderate rebel groups whose fighters have, with Turkish military support, pushed Islamic State militants out of the border area.
The explosion occurred near a government building in the town and was heard across the border in the Turkish town of Kilis, Turkey's privately-owned Dogan news agency.
It said preparations were being made to receive casualties in Kilis hospital.
In unsourced comments, it said a car bomb planted by Islamic State was responsible.
In a round-up of its military operations over the last 24 hours in support of rebels in northern Syria, the Turkish military said on Saturday that 21 Islamic State militants had been killed in clashes.
Turkish warplanes destroyed buildings and vehicles in air strikes on 12 Islamic State targets, it said. (With Reuters)
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