45 killed in car bomb explosion in Syria

At least 45 people have reportedly been killed and several others injured after a car bomb hit Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a village near al-Bab.

A checkpoint manned by Free Syrian Army rebels in the village of Sousian, northwest of al-Bab. was targeted by the suicide bomber, Al- Jazeera reported.

The suicide blast occurred when a large number of civilians were gathering around a checkpoint.