Women among victims of deadly explosion in Syria

At least four people were killed and five others wounded after an explosion ripped through a food market in Ras al-Ayn, a key border town in northeastern Syria, according to the Syrian state news agency, SANA.

The blast occurred on Saturday after an improvised explosive device attached to a motorcycle blew up outside the city's post office.

According to SANA, three women and an elderly man were killed in the blast and five others were seriously injured.

TV footage showed smoke rising from the nearby food market.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor group said activists had reported hearing a loud explosion in the city centre.