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Sunday, 21 February, 2016

Syria: Homs and Damascus blasts kill more than 100 people

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Bomb blasts in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus have left more than 100 people dead, monitors and state media say.

In Homs, at least 57 people, mainly civilians, were killed in a double car bombing, a monitoring group reported.

At least four blasts later struck the southern Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, causing at least 50 deaths, state media said.

So-called Islamic State has said it carried out the Damascus blasts.

The News:
http://www.bbc.com/n … middle-east-35624654