[1][2][3] A bomb in a tank truck was detonated at an open-air market in Souk Ali in the city centre.
[2][3] According to the governor of the neighbouring Hatay province, across the Turkish border, the explosion was believed to have been caused by the rigging of a fuel tanker with hand grenades.
[2][5][6][7] Many people, alongside those who got trapped in their cars were burnt to death as a result of the blast, Syrian activists disclosed.
[10][11] According to the German Marxist newspaper Junge Welt, the nature of the attack and recent tensions suggests a jihadist group.
[13][12] Significant tensions have recently re-emerged between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the main rebel jihadist force in Idlib, and the Turkish government.