Attack on buses of displaced people leaves 39 people killed

The latest toll of the suicide bombing, in Al-Rashedin area in Aleppo, reached to 39 killed from the villages of Kufriya and Al-Fu’ah in a car bomb attack on their buses, according to Syrian government media. Syrian activists confirmed that among the dead were children, women and aid workers, as well as elements of the "Nasra Front" and Ahrar al-Sham. The activists added that ambulances were also damaged by the blast.

Security sources said that the huge explosion targeted buses "Passengers" were carrying the displaced from the towns of Kufriya and Al-Fu’ah west of Aleppo. The explosion took place in Al-Rashidin neighborhood in Aleppo near the gathering place of the displaced persons from the two towns.

Witnesses said that a suicide bomber carried out the attack with a car bomb, which resulted in the destruction of five buses and the deaths of at least 15 people and 30 others injured. All of the dead were women and children among the displaced from the towns of Kufriya and Al-Fu’ah .
 
The Syrian news channel reported that a terrorist was driving a car bomb blew himself up in al-Rrashidin area near by a fuel station,  where the buses carrying the people of the towns of Kufriya and Al-Fu’ah standed there.
 
The explosion was preceded by the exodus of thousands of people and militants from the towns of Kufriya, Al-Fu’ah, Madaya and Zabadani, who went to Idlib and Aleppo under the agreement of the "four cities", concluded between the Syrian authorities and the armed factions. According to the agreement, the buses of Kufriya and Al-Fu’ah will enter Aleppo and Zabadani buses will enter Idlib at the same time.
 
According to some activists, al-Rashidin area is considered "neutral", an exchange area for displaced people between the Syrian armed opposition and militias loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.