(Zaman Al Wasl-AA)- At least 8 civilians were killed and 35 more wounded by a twin bomb attack that rocked the northwestern city of Idlib on Thursday, according to the White Helmets rescuing agency.
Mustafa Haj Youssef, the White Helmets’ director in Idlib, told Anadolu Agency that a car-bomb had exploded near the city’s western entrance.
Shortly afterward, Haj Youssef said, a bomb-laden motorcycle exploded in the same area.
Thirty-five people were injured in the blast, many of them seriously, while a number of nearby buildings were severely damaged, he added.
A Civil Defence volunteer was among the casualties.
Another day of horrific loss. 8 civilians were killed including a #WhiteHelmet volunteer and 35 others are injured in addition to another wounded White Helmet, after a double unknown explosion in #Idlib city. pic.twitter.com/iIpvIb9QCL
— The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) June 21, 2018
Idlib has been a haven for tens of thousands of rebels and 2.3mn civilians who were forced to abandon their homes in other parts of western Syria that the regime and its foreign military allies have recaptured from rebels.
Hayat Tahir al-Sham which controls the city of Idlib claimed it had been tracking sleeper cells after a series assassinations targeted commanders of the former al-Qaeda branch in Syria.
Senior commander in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham told Zaman al-Wasl that an ISIS sleeper cell was captured in the western countryside of Idlib on Tuesday.
The formerly known as Nusra Front says more sleeper cells in Idlib are being led by the Russia from its coastal air base in Hmeimym.
More Daesh cells to be eliminated very soon after intense efforts by the domestic security, according to the official.
On Monday, the deputy commander of Jaish al-Ahrar, Khalil Ismael Ersan, was assassinated with his son in the town of Joubas in the southern countryside of Idlib when armed men opened fire on them while they were stepping out from local mosque after the Fajr prayer.
The state of security chaos has been continued in Idlib province as tens of Tahrir al-Sham members have been killed in the last few weeks.
Zaman Al Wasl
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