Blast Hits Kurdish Syrian area in Qamishli, Several Dead

Local Editor

A powerful explosion reportedly hit an area near a military academy in a Kurdish-majority area of northeastern Syria, leaving an unknown number of people dead and injured.

Local sources said the blast targeted an area near the Kurdish district of Torbesi in the northeastern city of Qamishli.

Initial reports suggested the explosion may have been caused by a car bombing attack.

Meanwhile, additional detailed information regarding the incident have not yet been released.

In parallel, Daesh [Arabic acronym for the terrorist "ISIS" group] terrorists reportedly executed nine people, including two children, in the village of Kafr Saqr, located northeast of Aleppo.

Reports indicated the killings came after the Syrian army forces killed nine Daesh militants and arrested 45 others in the area before regaining control over the village.

The developments happened to be shortly after the Syrian government and the Arab League rejected a request by the country's Kurdish Democratic Union Party to form a federal government system in Syria.

Kurdish parties are already in control of three administrations in Syria's north near the Turkish border. The regions are known as Afrin and Kobane, both in Aleppo Province, as well as Jazire in Hasakah Province.

Syria has been grappling with a foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. More than 470,000 people have been killed in the turmoil, according to a February report released by the Syrian Center for Policy Research.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team