 "In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, Syrians inspect damaged buildings after airstrikes by government helicopters on the rebel-held Aleppo neighborhood of Mashhad, Syria. Photo: PTI")
A suicide bomber killed at least 22 people today in an attack targeting a party in the northeastern province of Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and medics said.
"A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a hall in Tall Tawil village during the wedding of a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces, killing at least 22 civilians," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
The SDF is an Arab-Kurdish coalition battling jihadists of the Islamic State group in northern Syria.
"The bridegroom was among the dead," Abdel Rahman added.
A hospital source in Hasakeh city told AFP there were "more than 20 dead and dozens wounded".
Also Read
The AFP correspondent saw many wounded people, some with bloodied bandages on their heads.
A source in the Asayesh security forces in the self-administered Kurdish territories also said a suicide bomber had blown himself up in the wedding hall a few kilometres (miles) north of Hasakeh.
The almost entirely Kurdish-held city has often been targeted by jihadists of the Islamic State group.
