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Beirut, May 3, 2017 (dpa/NAN) Fire ripped through a refugee camp in north-western Syria on Wednesday, killing a child and wounded five people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, has said.
The fire erupted in the so-called “Aleppo 1” camp in the region of al-Diryeh in the western countryside of Idlib province.
According to the Observatory, the fire was caused by a drone that targeted the mosque in the village.
The Britain-based monitoring group said that another camp in Jisr al-Shoughour was also targeted by unidentified planes, injuring two people, without giving further details.
The camps houses refugees from various parts of Syria.
Earlier on Wednesday, at least five people were killed in a car bomb in the town of Azaz on the border with Turkey.
The blast hit a cultural centre and left an unspecified number of people injured, the Observatory reported.
Some local activists said the explosion took place near a building housing the opposition Syrian government in the town.
Online videos showed the site strewn with bodies in the aftermath of the blast.
A statement by the head of the Syrian opposition’s temporary government, Jawad abu Hatab, confirmed that the blast targeted the government’s headquarters in the centre of the city.
It said the government was preparing for a meeting in the targeted building.
So far, there has been no claim of responsibility.
Azaz had previously witnessed similar bombings, some of which were claimed by the Islamic State extremist militia. (dpa/NAN)
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