Syrian state TV says bomb blast rocks weapons market on Iraq border

A bomb has gone off in a weapons bazaar in eastern Syria close to the Iraqi border, killing 30 people Syria’s state television reported.

"A big explosion hits a terrorist arms market in Mayadeen, killing 30 terrorists and wounding dozens of others," the television reported, using the same language it uses to brand all opposition fighters.

A rebel spokesman from Deir Ezzor province, however, contested the television's report. He told AFP the blast was a car bomb planted by ISIL and that it killed at least 15 civilians.

The town is just 80 kilometres from the Iraqi border, the town is under the control of rebel groups, including al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate the al-Nusra Front, that have been fighting ISIL.