At Least 25 Killed in Suicide Blast at Army Outpost in Aleppo – Watchdog

A suicide bomber from the Nusra Front terrorist group blew himself up at an army outpost in Syria’s largest city of Aleppo Monday killing at least 25 Syrian Army soldiers and fighters loyal to President Bashar Assad and injuring many more, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the watchdog, the attacker blew himself up inside a vehicle in front of an orphanage used as a military base and the sound of the blast was heard across the city.

A rebel fighter attends a demonstration celebrating Nusra Front's take over of Idlib about a month ago and calling for the implementation of the Islamic Sharia law, in Al-Sakhour neighborhood of Aleppo

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The number of those injured was not immediately clear.

The Nusra Front is a branch of al-Qaeda terrorist organization operating in Syria and Lebanon. The group was formed in 2012 during the Syrian Civil war.

Syria has been mired in a civil war since 2011. The government is fighting a number of opposition forces as well as radical Islamist militant organizations, including the Nusra Front and the Islamic State.