Suicide blast kills 23 people in Syria

As Hindustan Times reports citing a monitor 23 people were killed by a truck suicide bomber in Syria’s Aleppo city on Monday.

According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights 19 of the victims were from the Ahrar al Sham rebel group other four were civilians.

The attack took place in an Ahrar al Sham checkpoint at the entrance to a security complex belonging to the group.

The blast destroyed three buildings, and people were missing under the rubble, the monitor added.

It was unclear who carried out the attack but Ahrar al Sham has been targeted by assassinations in the past.

In September 2014, most of its top leadership was wiped out in a devastating explosion at its headquarters in Idlib province that killed nearly 50 people.

As reported Observatory, on Monday, an Ahrar al Sham commander and 11 members of his family were killed in a Russian air strike on village between northern Idlib and western Aleppo province.

The monitor said three children were among the dead, but gave no further details about the commander.

Ahrar al Sham is one of Syria’s most powerful rebel groups that controls Idlib province along with al Qaeda affiliate al Nusra Front.