Five killed in car bomb blast near Syria-Turkey border

At least five people were killed when a large explosion shook a rebel-held Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Wednesday.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a car bomb went off in the town of Azaz close to the offices of the Syrian interim government, which represents the opposition in rebel-held areas. The Observatory and the activist-run Azaz Media Centre confirmed the death toll, which was expected to rise.