Confirmed: Two car bombs hit Bab al Hawa at a Syria-Turkey crossing; Bab al-Hawa hospital flooded with patients

Reports that two bombs have hit Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Syria-Turkey border emerged at around 4:30PM Syrian time. The border is under the control of the Islamic Front. Videos show extensive damage and photos from the hospital show patients being treated on the floor

Map of Bab al Hawa

News Articles

NOW: Car bombs hit Syria-Turkey border crossing

• "A double suicide car bombing at the Bab al-Hawa border post between Syria and Turkey killed at least five people and wounded others on Monday, a monitoring group said." "The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blasts hit on Monday afternoon, with one car detonating at a checkpoint just outside the crossing and another inside the post."

Today's Zaman: Ten killed by twin bombs at Syria-Turkey border post

• "Syrian rebel fighters in Bab al-Hawa said that at least 10 people had been killed and the border was shut on the Turkish side. A Syrian activist at Bab al-Hawa said that the two car bombs exploded within 10 minutes of each other."

Videos

معبر باب الهوى إنفجار سيارتين مفخختين في معبر باب الهوى وعشرات القتلى والجرحى 20 1 2014

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باب الهوى إنفجار سيارتين مفخختين في معبر باب الهوى الحدودي 20 1 2013

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عاجل قبل قليل باب الهوى إنفجار سيارتين مفخختين في معبر باب الهوى الحدودي 20 1 2013

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Photos

Photos from bomb site

Demotix: Bab al-Hawa hospital overrun after double bombing at the Syrian border - Album of photos

Shot of border gate from Turkish side - https://twitter.com/Damascus_online/status/425301055321030657

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