The blast, which detonated next to a truck carrying agricultural workers, underscored the challenges faced by the country’s interim president.

A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city on Monday, killing at least 19 people, all but one of them women, and leaving more than a dozen wounded, hospital workers said. The car detonated next to a vehicle carrying mostly female agricultural workers on the outskirts of the city of Manbij.

Israel claims it is still striking militant infrastructure and personnel in Lebanon's south and along the country's porous border with Syria