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IS kills dozens in Syrian city's deadliest attack in years

Islamic State have claimed responsibility for a large suicide truck bomb blast that is believed to have killed nearly 50 people and wounded dozens more in the Syrian city of Qamishli.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack near a Kurdish security forces headquarters was the deadliest of its kind in the city for years.

The early morning suicide blast that left Syrian families mourning was so powerful it shattered windows in Turkish towns over the border. Credit: Reuters
People hunted survivors in the piles of rubble strewn across the roads after buildings were levelled. Credit: Reuters
Islamic State blasts targeted cities in Hasaka province in April, killing six, and earlier this month, killing at least 16. Credit: Reuters