At least 31 people are dead and dozens more injured in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli after a pair of bombs exploded near the Turkish border Wednesday, according to a monitoring group.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the one of the explosions was meant to target a government building that houses the security headquarters of the Kurdish administration that controls the area surrounding Qamishli.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement published on its Aamaq news agency website, saying that it was targeting Kurdish security forces.
IS is fighting against the Kurdish YPG militia and has carried out several similar bombings in the area in the past.
A suicide blast killed six members of the Kurdish internal security force, known as the Asayish, in April. In July, an IS suicide bomber killed at least 16 people in Hasaka.