Turkey's news agency said Friday that a car bombing killed 60 people near a town just captured from Islamic State militants by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters. Anadolu news agency said the explosion killed civilians and Syrian opposition fighters in the village of Sousian, north of the town of Al Bab. Al Bab was captured Thursday, after more than two months of fighting with Islamic State militants who withdrew from the town but still control areas around it. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, meanwhile, said a separate attack south of Al Bab killed two Turkish soldiers. The second attack took place near Tadif, a town still controlled by Islamic State south of Al Bab.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 24, 2017 09:02 UTC