5 killed in oil tanker explosion in Syria

At least five people were killed and 24 others wounded on Tuesday when an oil tanker exploded in the Afrin city in northern Syria, a war monitor reported.

The explosion was caused by an explosive device, which ripped through the oil tanker in Afrin in the countryside of Aleppo province in northern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Britain-based watchdog group said the death toll could likely rise due to the number of critically wounded people.

Turkey and Ankara-backed rebels captured Afrin from the Kurdish-led militias in March of 2018.

Activists have made several reports about the situation in Turkey-controlled areas in northern Syria, saying a state of lawlessness is rampant in that region.