25 killed, wounded in explosion in Syria's Afrin

DAMASCUS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 25 people were killed and wounded when a car bomb went off in Syria's rebel-held Afrin city in northern Syria on Friday, a war monitor reported.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a violent explosion rocked Afrin, which is controlled by the Turkey-backed rebels in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, when a car bomb went off near rebels' headquarters.

It said that at least one person was killed while the rest are wounded, some in critical conditions.