A car bomb has exploded in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the explosion targeted a centre of the local Kurdish police and a nearby government building.
ISIL has carried out several bombings in Kurdish areas in Syria in the past.
The predominantly Kurdish US-backed Syria Democratic Forces have been the main force fighting ISIL in northern Syria and have captured wide areas from the hardline fighters.
"This was a large attack," said Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom, reporting from Gaziantep in Turkey, which is close to the Syrian border. "The death toll could significantly rise throughgout the day".
The latest attack came amid intense fighting in Aleppo , Syria's largest city, where more than 50 people have been killed in recent days.
As the war drags on towards its sixth year, there is a renewed international push to restart the stalled Syria political talks next month.
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