At least 17 people, most of them rebels, were killed in a car bomb blast at an opposition checkpoint in the northern Syrian province

Seventeen people, most of them opposition fighters, were killed on Friday in a car bomb blast at a rebel checkpoint near the Turkish borders, Syrian opposition sources said.

The attack took place on the road connecting the rebel-held town of Azaz to the Bab al-Salameh border crossing. It is one of the most important junctions between northern Syria and Turkey, the sources told the BBC Radio.

Source: MENA