At least 13 people have died Saturday in a car bomb blast near a market in a Syrian border town controlled by Turkish forces, Ankara and a rights watchdog said.

Turkey expects the delivery of the controversial Russian S-400 missile defence system to begin in July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying in Turkish media on Sunday.

The joint security committee of Qatar and Turkey held its fourth meeting on Tuesday in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

Rebels have cautiously accepted a Moscow-Ankara deal to prevent a Russia-backed regime attack on Syria's last major opposition bastion of Idlib, while a small jihadist group has rejected it.

Doha City has participated in the inaugural congress of World Administrative Cities Association (WACA) in Ankara, Turkey.

The embassy is closed this week for a public holiday to mark the Eid al-Adha festival.

Several gunshots were fired early Monday morning from a vehicle at the US Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, causing no casualties, police and the embassy spokesperson said.

His Highness the Amir will review with the Turkish president bilateral relations and means of strengthening the existing strategic cooperation between the two countries.

The nine suspects were each handed 101 life sentences, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.

Heavy rains and storms have caused serious damage to the Turkish capital Ankara, especially the suburban district of Mamak.

Turkish police on Monday detained four Iraqis suspected of planning an attack on the US embassy in Ankara, media reported.

Turkey on Monday launched a crackdown on the Islamic State extremist group and boosted security in Ankara after the US embassy said it would be closed for a day.