Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the first explosion rocked a checkpoint manned by Kurdish fighters, while the second one was caused by a booby-trapped vehicle that tore through an outpost of the pro-government National Defence Forces.
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Syrian state television also reported the explosions, though it gave a toll of 20 dead and no breakdown of the toll.
Speaking to ARA News in Hasakah, a spokesman for the Asayish forces blames the attacks on the radical group of Islamic State.
The bombers struck in two totally different Hassakeh neighborhoods.
Half an hour later, a suicide bomber driving an explosive-packed water tanker detonated himself at the Mahatta neighborhood.
The first bomb went off in the Khashman area, targeting the Kurdish fighters, while the second exploded in the city centre near Syrian government forces headquarters.
State TV showed footage of buildings destroyed by the attacks and said rescue teams were searching the rubble of collapsed buildings for more casualties.
The Observatory, which has a community of activists on the bottom, stated these killed included 13 civilians, six Kurdish fighters from the native police pressure and 7 pro-government militia members.
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Kurdish forces of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Asayish regained areas that had been taken earlier by ISIS militants in June. IS militants have been battling the Kurdish forces and authorities troops within the province for months.
