A Syrian war monitor and an opposition paramedics group say an explosion in the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib has killed at least seven people and wounded others.
The Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said Sunday's blast occurred near a mosque killing three people, including a child.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four people were killed, including a child and a foreign fighter whose nationality was not immediately clear.
The Observatory said the blast occurred in al-Qusour neighborhood that is inhabited by many fighters from Uzbekistan and China.
Idlib province is the last major stronghold of insurgents and home to many foreign fighters with Al-Qaeda linked groups.
A deal between Russia and Turkey last month averted a government offensive on the area.
Regime ally Moscow and rebel backer Ankara agreed last month to set up a demilitarized area around the northwestern region of Idlib to stave off a major regime offensive on a region that hosts some 3 million people.
The U-shaped zone aims to avert one of the worst humanitarian crises in Syria’s 7-year-old war.
But militants, who under the deal must withdraw from 15- to 20-kilometer-wide buffer zone by Monday, have not shown any sign of leaving.
Idlib’s dominant force an alliance led by Al-Qaeda’s former Syria affiliate and other militant factions control more than two-thirds of the planned zone.
Zaman Al Wasl, AP
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