Two explosions hit the Arzouna bridge area at the entrance to Tartous on Monday, killing 35 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Kurdish YPG militia, a critical part of the US-backed campaign against Islamic State, took near complete control of Hasaka city in late August after a week of fighting with the government. The YPG already controls swathes of northern Syria where Kurdish groups have established de facto autonomy since the start of the Syrian war in 2011. The Observatory said a percussion bomb also went off in the province's city of Qamishli city. Amaq, a news agency affiliated to Islamic State, said seven Kurdish security forces were killed an injured there.

Source: bd News24 September 05, 2016 11:15 UTC