Terror group claims responsibility for attack in northern Syria that killed at least 44 people and wounded dozens
The group targeted police and government buildings
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack in Qamishli, northern Syria, that killed at least 44 and wounded more than 100.
A truck loaded with explosives blew up near the Turkish border according to Syrian state-TV.
Minutes later an explosives-packed motorcycle blew up nearby in the Kurdish area.
In a statement published by the Isis-linked Amaq news agency, the group claimed responsibility for the bombing, claiming it had struck a complex of Kurdish offices and that more than 100 people had been killed.
State-run Syrian TV said the bomb targeted buildings used by the Kurdish police and also hit a nearby government building.
The blasts have caused significant damage to the area and rescuers are trying to recover victims from under the rubble.
Qamishli resident Suleiman Youssef, a writer, told The Associated Press he heard the first explosion from a few miles away.
He said: "Most of the buildings at the scene of the explosion have been heavily damaged because of the strength of the blast."
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Qamishli has been targeted several times by ISIS who are fighting against Kurdish forces looking to reclaim northern Syria.
The US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), made up predominantly of Kurdish militia, have been the main force fighting ISIS in the region over the past two years.
They are trying to capture the city of Manbij as part of an operatin to secure the Turkey-Syria border.
The capture of Manbij would be a serious blow to ISIS who use the city as a supply line between the Turkish border and Raqqa, the capital of the self declard Islamic State.
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