Watu 44 wameuwawa kusini mashariki nwa syria.

Forty-four people have been killed in a massive
bombing in the Kurdish-controlled city of
Qamishli in north-east Syria, Syrian state TV
reports.
The blast was caused by a truck bomb which
struck near a Kurdish security headquarters,
according to a UK-based monitoring group.
So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was
behind the attack, in Hassakeh province, near the
border with Turkey.
IS has previously carried out bombings against
Kurds in the area.
Last year, a US-backed alliance led by Kurdish
fighters, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),
launched an offensive against IS in Hassakeh.
State TV showed scenes which it said were the
aftermath of the bombing, with pictures of
destruction over a large area and plumes of
smoke rising into the air.
IS said on its self-styled Amaq news agency that
a suicide bomber had blown up a truck bomb at
a local Kurdish police centre and a nearby
government building.
The attack was initially reported as a double
bombing, but it now appears that the initial blast
caused a gas tank to explode, according to AFP.