Monday, 22 February 2016

IS Bombers Kill 140 In Homs And Damascus

  1. Syrians inspect the damage at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs
    Gallery: Shop Fronts Blasted Off And Vehicles Ruined
    At least 140 people have been killed following another day of violence in Syria - with Islamic State claiming responsibility for deadly attacks in Homs and Damascus.

    Multiple bomb blasts near Syria's holiest Shia shrine saw more than 80 people lose their lives in the capital, Damascus. 
    Syrian state television has reported that more than 200 people were injured in those attacks.
    Meanwhile, twin car bombs in Homs have killed at least 57 people, including 11 women - in what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed was one of the biggest blasts to hit the city since the civil war began five years ago.
    Footage broadcast by local media in Homs showed the air thick with dust and fires started by the blasts.
    Syrian firefighters spray water on burning car at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of HomsSyrian firefighters spray water on burning car at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs
    Shops had fronts ripped off and vehicles were destroyed by the force of the bombs.
    The attacks came a day after government advances against IS.
    Homs, once seen as the capital of the revolution, is now largely controlled by pro-government forces.
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    The Zahra neighbourhood has become a regular target for bombers, with major attacks including one on a school in October 2014.
    That attack killed 48 children and four adults.
    Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that a "provisional agreement in principle" has been reached on a Syria ceasefire and that negotiators are "closer to the ceasefire today" than they have previously been.
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