BEIRUT (Sputnik) — An Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up close to the Syrian city of Aleppo, killing 10 militants from the rival rebel group Jabha al-Shamia, a local resident told Sputnik Wednesday.
“Ten militants were killed, including Jabha al-Shamia commanders… many were injured after the car suicide bombing is the town of Marea to the north of Aleppo.”
Another car bomb detonated in a small town close to the Syria-Turkey border, which separates the territories controlled by the Islamic State from one side and various rebel groups from the other. It is yet unknown how many people died in the second attack.
A civil war erupted in Syria in 2011 after a series of anti-government protests, which later spiraled into an armed conflict with government forces fighting a number of rebel groups, including the Islamic State and Jabha al-Shamia.
Over 220,000 people have been killed in Syria since the military confrontation started, according to recent UN estimates.
