BBC Online :At least 43 people have been killed in a car bombing near the border between Syria and Turkey, activists say.A car filled with explosives was reportedly blown up in the Karaj Sajou area, near the Bab al-Salam crossing in the northern province of Aleppo.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that five women and three children were among the dead.A video posted online appeared to show smoke rising from burning vehicles, charred corpses and scattered luggage.”Oh God, may you punish them!” one man can be heard shouting.The head of the Syrian Observatory, Rami Abdul Rahman, told the Associated Press that the explosion occurred at a garage used by passengers heading to or coming from the border crossing.It was not immediately clear if it had been a suicide bombing, he added.Map showing Bab al-Salam crossing between Turkey and SyriaThe governor of the Turkish province of Kilis told the state news agency Anadolu that 48 injured Syrians had been transported across the border for treatment, and that 11 of them had later died.Suleyman Tapsiz added that initial reports indicated the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) was behind the bombing.Bab al-Salam is under the control of the Tawhid Brigade. It is part of the Islamic Front, whose fighters have been engaged in deadly battles with ISIS since early January.
