A bomb blast in a northern Syrian town held by Turkish-backed opposition forces killed at least eight people Sunday, activists said, the latest in a series of attacks to hit areas along the border where Turkey has troops.
The spike in attacks follows Turkish threats to expand its offensive against U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces to the east, where U.S troops are based.
Turkish troops and allied Syrian forces first crossed into Syria in 2016 to drive out Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants from a swath of territory along the border. Turkey's Syrian allies now administer the region.
Images of the Sunday attack showed small fires and damaged vehicles at a busy market in central Afrin. Vegetables and other merchandise littered the ground, as sirens rang out and rescuers looked for casualties.
Zaman Al Wasl
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