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At least 10 people killed in blast in northern Syria

At least 10 people killed in blast in northern Syria

By REUTERS

Syrians gather around burning buildings after a bomb attack at the Sayyida Zeinab suburb, Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, June 11, 2016. Photo: SANA via AP

BEIRUT: At least 10 people were killed when an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up in a village in northern Syria in the early hours of Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.

The blast took place in al-Mashi, which is in the countryside around the city of Manbij, it said. US-backed forces captured Manbij and its surrounding areas from Islamic State in August.