Damascus, Feb 25: At least 60 people were killed in a car bombing in a Syrian village on Friday, a British war monitor said on Friday. The suicide bombing that rocked the town of Susian, in said to be targeting Turkey-backed rebels, as reported by intenational media. 
 
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of the causalities were rebels. The IS group announced its withdrawal from al-Bab, came after 100 days of battles against the Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels fighting in an operation called the Euphrates Shield.
 
The Syrian army succeeded recently to besiege al-Bab from its southern edge, a move to prevent IS fighters to withdraw toward other stronghold in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the de facto capital of IS.
 
The bombing comes in the wake of major losses being reported by the ISIS especially after Mosul, their stronghold was taken over by the Iraqi forces. With major strongholds slipping from their control and military taking back areas, the bombing is being viewed as a desperate measure being employed by the terror organisation in the region.