Deadly car bomb blast in shopping area in northern Syria

A bomb has exploded in a shopping area in the northern Syrian city of Azaz, which is held by pro-Turkish forces, killing eight people and wounding more than 20 others, a war monitor said. An Agence France-Presse correspondent saw emergency responders working at the scene and the wreckage of a mangled vehicle. Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies hold swathes of the border, including several big towns and cities

Eight killed by car bomb in northern Syria, war monitor says