Death toll in northwest Syria blast climbs to 28: monitor

BEIRUT: At least 28 people, including civilians and militant fighters, were killed in a car bombing in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, a monitor said Sunday in a new toll.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in Saturday's blast included at least five civilians and 10 members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militant group, which is led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda branch.

Eight people accused of belonging to the Islamic State group were also among the dead, while five other bodies have not yet been identified, the Britain-based Observatory said.