Car bombing kills 20 in northern Syria’s Manbij: Presidency

Syrian Civil Defence workers inspect the area of the car bomb attack on the outskirts of the city of Manbij, February 3 [Syrian Civil Defence/White Helmets via AP]

A car bomb has killed at least 20 people and injured many others on the outskirts of Manbij in northern Syria, the Syrian presidency has said.

Monday’s blast was the deadliest attack in the country since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in December of last year.