(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 civilians were killed 20 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the northern Syrian border town of Tal Abyad, local activists said Saturday.
.The attack is the second in a month. On November 2, 13 people were killed by a car bomb in Tal Abyad
Car bombs have become the new attack tactic by Kurdish militias to target pto-Turkey fighters but this deadly tactic has claimed the lives of tens of people as blasts hit marketplaces and bus terminals in the towns of al-Bab, Jarablus and Tal Abyad.
Turkish troops and Turkey-backed Syrian National Army last month took control of Tal Abyad and other border towns from Kurdish forces, after US troops - who were protecting the Kurds - pulled out, according to BBC.
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in October in border towns in northern Syria, including Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain, as Turkish forces pushed into the area.
Turkey's military took the Kurdish-held border areas in northern Syria immediately after US forces were withdrawn. Turkey has a longstanding enmity with the Kurds and wants to push back the YPG from its border.
Turkey claims the YPG is a "terrorist" offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has fought an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984.
Turkish forces have created a 120-kilometre (75-mile) "safe zone" between Tal Abyad and the town of Ras al-Ain, pushing the YPG out of the area. Turkish troops on Friday began joint patrols with Russian forces.
Zaman Al Wasl
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