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

More than 20 reportedly injured after blast in shopping area in city of Azaz, which is held by pro-Turkish forces

A bomb has exploded in a shopping area in a northern Syrian city held by pro-Turkish forces, killing eight people and wounding more than 20 others, a war monitor said.

At least “eight people were killed and 23 others wounded” when “a car bomb exploded in the middle of a popular market” in Azaz, Aleppo province, early on Sunday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.