Syria frees scores of detainees ahead of Eid

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government released hundreds of detainees Saturday, including some who backed the insurgency against President Bashar Assad on the eve of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr.

Hours after the release, a car bomb exploded in a rebel-held northern town near the border with Turkey, killing and wounding dozens of people, according to the Syria Civil Defense in Idlib, a volunteer group also known as the White Helmets, and the Britain-based opposition monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The explosion at a market in Dana killed at least 10 people, including children, and wounded 30, according to the Observatory.

The blast came hours after an explosion in the town killed two people and wounded others.