A car explosion in northern Syria on Monday has killed at least 15 people, authorities said, reports DW.
The blast took place on a main road on the outskirts of Syria's northern city Manbij, the civil defense said. Fourteen women and one man were killed, and fifteen other women were injured.
Since the lightning rebellion which toppled the rule of Bashar Assad in December, Manbij has been the scene of clashes between the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed fighters.
Most of those killed were women farm workers who were being transported in a vehicle next to the exploding car, state news agency SANA reported, citing the civil defense, also known as the White Helmets. It added that the death toll was likely to climb.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
The explosion is the second in three days. On Saturday, four civilians were killed and nine more were injured in another car bomb attack in Manbij.
The city lies in the Aleppo countryside, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of the Turkish border, with the Euphrates river to the east.
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