ISIL claims fatal bomb attacks in Kurdish area of Syria

By Euronews

Published on 31/12/2015 - 13:56

ISIL has claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on three restaurants in a predominately Kurdish area in northeast Syria, close to the Turkish

ISIL has claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on three restaurants in a predominately Kurdish area in northeast Syria, close to the Turkish border.

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As many as 30 people have been killed with scores injured in the city
of Qamishli.

A local church said that 13 of the victims were Christians.

Kurdish fighters backed by US-air power have reclaimed swathes of territory from ISIL in Syria in recent weeks.

In response ISIL has carried out several suicide bomb attacks against Kurds in Qamishili.

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