At least 20 people, most of them women, have been killed in a car bomb attack in northern Syria, the country's presidency says.

A deadly car bomb attack near northern Syria’s Manbij has suspended negotiations between the Damascus interim government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), two sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye. The attack on Monday killed at least 20 people, most of them women working in agricultural fields.

A car bomb killed 20 people in northern Syria Monday, authorities said, vowing to punish those behind the attack in an area where Kurdish-led forces and Turkey-backed factions have clashed for weeks.