Twin car-bombings kill 15 in Syria’s Idlib

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People carry body bag around the site after the consecutive bomb attacks with two bomb-laden vehicles in Idlib city centre, Syria on 18 February, 2019 [Ahmet Rehhal/Anadolu Agency]

People gather around the wreckage at the site after the consecutive bomb attacks with two bomb-laden vehicles in Idlib city centre, Syria on 18 February, 2019 [Ahmet Rehhal/Anadolu Agency]

Smoke rises around the damaged buildings at the site after the consecutive bomb attacks with two bomb-laden vehicles in Idlib city centre, Syria on 18 February, 2019 [Ahmet Rehhal/Anadolu Agency]

Two bomb-laden vehicles exploded on Monday in opposition-held parts of Syria’s Idlib, killing 15 and injuring 79, according to civil-defense officials, reports Anadolu Agency.

Both explosions occurred in Idlib’s Kusur district, Mustafa Haj Yussef, director of the White Helmets civil-defense agency, said.

“After our people arrived at the scene following the first blast, a second car bomb went off in the same area,” he told Anadolu Agency, adding that three White Helmets responders had been among the victims.

According to Haj Yussef, buildings and vehicles near the blast site were severely damaged by the twin explosions.

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Officials work at the site after the consecutive bomb attacks with two bomb-laden vehicles in Idlib city centre, Syria on 18 February 2019 [Ahmet Rehhal/Anadolu Agency]

Officials work at the site after the consecutive bomb attacks with two bomb-laden vehicles in Idlib city centre, Syria on 18 February, 2019 [Ahmet Rehhal/Anadolu Agency]

People carry a body of a man around bomb attack Syria on 18 February, 2019 [Ahmet Rehhal/Anadolu Agency]