Twin explosions in Homs, Syria kill 46, says monitor



HOMS: -- A monitoring group says 46 people have been killed in twin explosions in the Syrian town of Homs.

The Syria Observatory for Human Rights says at least 100 others were wounded by the explosions.

Syria state television quoted the governor of Homs as saying at least 25 people had been killed.

The car bombs exploded in the city centre’s government-controlled Zahara district .. in what’s been described as one of the city’s deadliest such attacks in five years of conflict.

Police say the two cars had been parked on opposite sides of a crossroads. The the first explosion triggered the second.

Zahara has been the target of previous attacks. Last month, a double suicide attack was claimed by ISIL.

Nobody had claimed responsibility for Sunday’s blasts.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-02-22

Islamic State claims triple Syria bombings

Cairo: More than 140 people have been killed in a series of bomb blasts in government-held areas of Homs and near the Syrian capital Damascus.

The blasts came as the US and Russia announced they were on the brink of a ceasefire in areas where Russia is defending Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's interests and the US and its allies are fighting Islamic State.

At least 83 people were killed and more than 180 wounded in several blasts in Sayeda Zeinab, a largely Shiite southern suburb of Damascus, according to state news agency SANA.

Full story: http://www.smh.com.au/world/islamic-state-claims-triple-syria-bombings-20160221-gmzxp1


-- Sydney Morning Herald 2016-02-22