A total of five children were killed by floods coming from the Iraqi borders towards villages in Hasakah province in northeast Syria, Syria's state-run news agency reported Sunday.

SANA reported that the five victims were from the same family and aged between five to nine years old, adding that rescuers have found the bodies of three children and are still searching for the other two kids.

The agency said 26 villages in Hasakas have been flooded.