44 Dead as Two Bombs Hit Syria, ISIS Takes Responsibilty

Two bomb blasts hit the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday, causing at least 44 deaths.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least one of the explosions hit near a building belonging to the Kurdish administration that controls most of Hasaka province, in which Qamishli is located.

State TV said one blast was from a car bomb and the other from a bomb on a motorbike.

One explosion was so powerful it shattered the windows of shops in the Turkish town of Nusaybin, directly across the border. Two people were slightly hurt in Nusaybin, a witness said.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they had targeted Kurdish security forces.

(With inputs from Reuters.)