DAMASCUS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed Sunday when a car bomb went off in 's predominantly-Kurdish city of Qamishli, a Kurdish source told Xinhua.

The car bomb ripped through the Ice Factory street in a western neighborhood of Qamishli, the source said. Further details are still forthcoming.

The blast is not the first to target that area, as the Islamic State (IS) group has previously targeted Kurdish positions in Qamishli in the northeastern province of al-Hasakah.