Twin explosions rock northern Syria, casualties reported
Two
consecutive explosions occurred in northern Syria’s Hasakah and Ras al Ayn
towns in the Hasakah province, Iraqi Kurdish outlet Rudaw reported on Saturday.
At least one
person died and six others were wounded in the explosion on a busy street in
Hasakah city centre, while at least five people were killed in Ras al Ayn when
a car bomb was detonated.
Locals report
several injured people, but the exact number is not yet known.
Ras al Ayn
had been under control of majority Syrian Kurdish forces until Turkey launched
Operation Peace Spring in October 2019 and took control in the city, among
several others that had formed a de facto Kurdish enclave throughout most of
the Syrian civil war.
Hasakah
remains under control of the majority-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Council and its
armed force, People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Turkey associates with the
outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
