Suicide bomber kills more than 50 in Syria’s Al-Bab
By AlJazeera
24 February 2017 |
8:36 am
A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint manned by the Free Syrian Army near Al-Bab, killing at least 53 people. The blast came hours after fighters of ISIL, also known as ISIS were driven from the city.
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