Beirut - A bomb attack killed at least 14
Syrian insurgents at a headquarters for the powerful Islamist
Ahrar al-Sham group on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights monitoring group said.
Two blasts hit the base in a village east of Saraqeb in
Idlib province, the British-based Observatory reported.
Ahrar al-Sham said in a statement a lone attacker had driven
a motorbike up to the building, detonating explosives attached
to himself and a bomb on the bike at the same time, killing and
wounding dozens of rebels.
It blamed Islamic State for the attack. There was no
immediate claim of responsibility.
Photos on social media showed bloodied corpses and a
blackened motorbike outside a small building in the village. The
pictures could not immediately be verified.
Idlib is a rebel stronghold, but some insurgent factions
have fought among themselves this year, including in clashes
that pitted groups aligned with Ahrar al-Sham against groups
that joined the al Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance.
Syrian government forces have taken advantage of rebel
infighting, particularly a separate spat further south near
Damascus, to recapture territory from insurgents in the six-year
conflict.
Islamic State is opposed to all sides in the conflict,
including Syrian insurgent groups.