A vehicle bomb targeting the Justice Department and Kurdish internal security force in the town located in al-Hasaka province, the head of Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, told DPA.
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SOHR put the death toll at 14, saying dozens of others were injured.
ISIS-linked Amaq Agency claimed responsibility for the attack in two consecutive statements circulated online by the group’s supporters. The group State has carried out a number of bombings in Qamishli, which is in Hasaka province, and in the provincial capital, Hasaka city.
Qamishli has regularly been targeted in bomb attacks, many of which have been claimed by the Islamic State group. He said the blasts leveled several buildings to the ground and many people were trapped under the rubble.
The bomb hit near a Kurdish military headquarters, possibly targeted because the USA has backed Peshmerga fighters against ISIS in northern Syria.
Nearly 50 people are dead and dozens more wounded after ISIS militants hit the Syrian city of Qamishli with a deadly truck explosion on Wednesday morning.
The area that was targeted houses several Kurdish administration buildings including the defence ministry and was considered a secure zone, with multiple checkpoints and security measures in place.
The town of Qamishli faced a deadly explosion with a follow-up on Wednesday, initial reports explain how the truck blew up and minutes after an explosive motorcycle followed the event.
On June 19, three people were killed by a suicide bombing, while five Kurdish security personnel were killed late last April by another blast.
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Wednesday’s explosion came as US-backed Kurdish forces pressed ahead with their offensive to take the Isis-held town of Manbij, also in northern Syria but to the east of Qamishli. Kurdish forces control the city but forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad retain a presence there and at its airport.
