12 killed, 70 hurt in Syria bomb attack, clashes: Officials

Twelve people were killed and 70 wounded in a car bomb blast and attacks by Islamic State militants in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani on Thursday, hospital officials in the town told Reuters by telephone.
Kurdish forces, helped by US and allied air support, retook control of Kobani five months ago following a four-month siege by Islamic State fighters, who have seized large parts of Syria and Iraq.

Map of Syria locating areas attacked by Islamic State group fighters Wednesday and Thursday, according to a monitoring group. Photo: AFP

Kurdish Syrian girls are pictured among destroyed buildings in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on March 22, 2015. Photo: AFP