[Rudaw] Six people were killed in boom-mobileing at a Ottoman Turkish-controlled checkpoint in northeastern Syria, according to a conflict monitor. This is the latest blast in a deadly week in the area that was seized by Ottoman Turkish forces last fall.
A boom-mobile detonated at a checkpoint controlled by gangs backed by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
 ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
in Tal Halaf, to the west of Sari Kani (known as Ras al-Ain in Arabic) on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Six people were killed in the blast, including guards at the checkpoint, and more than 15 military personnel and civilians were maimed, according to the Observatory. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported five non-combatants were killed.
Syrian state media, SANA, said the number of casualties is expected to rise because the checkpoint was busy with people preparing for the Moslem Eid al-Adha
...a major Moslem holiday, marked by animal sacrifice and ritual rioting...
holiday on Friday.
Ottoman Turkish forces seized Sari Kani and a 120-kilometre stretch of the border in October last year as part of Operation Peace Spring, a military offensive launched by Ankara to clear the area of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who control much of northeast Syria.
This is the fifth explosion to rock Sari Kani this week, according to the Observatory, killing and injuring about 50 people. 
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