The bomb exploded in Turkey's al-Bab town in northern Syria, killing at least 19 people, but the culprit is unknown.

A car bomb exploded at a bus stop and a taxi in the center of the town, causing many vehicles in the area to be destroyed, a number of houses were damaged and 33 injured, including many at risk. dramatic.

The video at the scene showed that many cars were completely destroyed, the houses surrounding the explosion were also affected, while people tried to extinguish and rescue the victims.

Turkey's Ministry of Defense blamed the Kurdish People's Protection Forces (YPG), saying the group carried out the attack no different from the Islamic State's (IS) terrorist method. confessed, but gave no evidence. YPG forces have not yet commented on the explosion.

Al-Bab is located near the Syrian-Turkish border area, once one of the IS strongholds before being liberated by Kurdish militants in February 2017. Turkish troops occupied this town during the Spring Peace campaign from early October.

Location of al-Bab town of Syria. Graphics: BBC.

Turkey has long considered the YPG to be a terrorist and has links to the Kurdish Workers Party in the country, which has been fighting for secession for the past 35 years. The Spring Peace campaign was launched by Turkey during October 9-22, to repel Kurdish militia in Syria 30 km from the border and establish a security buffer zone.

Turkey's military operation ended after reaching an agreement with Russia on the creation of a joint patrol along the northeastern border area of Syria. The region now has Russian, American, Turkish and Syrian forces, but many worry the security situation is not guaranteed after Kurdish forces withdraw.