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DAMASCUS, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings killing 31 people in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on Wednesday.
A short statement, released by its official Amaq news agency, said that one of its suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden truck into a security compound of the Kurdish security forces of Assayish, in the western neighborhood of Qamishli.
Meanwhile, the national Syrian TV said 31 people were killed and over 170 others wounded by two blasts in Qamishli.
It added that the death toll is still preliminary, noting that the rescue teams are still removing bodies from under the rubble.
Qamishli, which is largely controlled by the Kurds, has been the target of repeated bombings by the IS terror group, due to the enmity and clashes between the Kurdish fighters of the U.S.-backed People' Protection Units and the IS.
