45 Killed in Twin Bombings Against Kurds in Syria

Monitoring groups say the death toll from twin attacks Friday on Kurdish new year celebrations in Syria has risen to at least 45. A suicide bomber and a car bomb struck as members of Syria's Kurdish minority took part in festivities on the eve of Nowruz in the northeastern city of Hasakah. More than 120 people were wounded. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has blamed the two attacks on the Islamic State militant group, although no one has claimed...

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