A deadly car bomb attack near northern Syria’s Manbij, blamed on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has suspended negotiations between Damascus and the Kurdish-dominated group, two sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye. The attack on Monday killed at least 20 people, most of them women working in agricultural fields.

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The Foreign Ministry condemned the “terrorist” bombing in Manbij city in Syria’s Aleppo, which killed and injured dozens of people. The ministry’s spokesperson Sufian Qudah voiced the Kingdom’s “full support and solidarity” with the people and government of Syria and its rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism that seek to undermine the country’s stability and security.