At least 19 killed in car bomb explosion in northern Syria
Eighteen women and one man were killed.
At least 19 people have been killed and dozens more were injured when a car bomb exploded in the outskirts of a northern Syrian city, officials said.
All but one of the victims were female.
The car bomb was detonated next to a vehicle carrying agricultural workers on the outskirts of Manbij.
The dead included 18 women and one man, according to a nurse at the hospital where victims were treated. Another 15 women were injured, some of them in critical condition, the local Syrian civil defence said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion.
The incident is the seventh car bombing in Manbij in just over a month, said Munir Mustafa, the deputy director of civil defence.
Manbij in north-eastern Aleppo province continues to witness violence even after the downfall of President Bashar Assad in December, where Turkish-backed factions known as the Syrian National Army continue to clash with the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
A car bombing in Manbij on Saturday killed four civilians and wounded nine, Sana reported, citing civil defence officials.
