40 killed in Syria bombings
Tue Sep 06, 2016 07:44:am World
2.4K By Buchi Obichie
At least 40 people have been killed in bombings in mainly Government-held areas of Syria.
Four attacks took place within an hour in Tartous, Homs and in a suburb of Damascus, with one in Hassakeh, which is dominated by Kurdish forces, the BBC reports.
The attacks took place between 08:00 and 09:00 (05:00-06:00 GMT) on Monday.
The deadliest incident was outside Tartous, home to a Russian naval base and in the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect.
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group said it was behind the attacks.
The group made the claim in a statement carried by its affiliated news agency, Amaq.
Syria's official Sana news agency reported that 30 civilians had been killed and 45 others injured in the Tartous countryside.
First, a car bomb was detonated on the Arzoneh motorway bridge, a local police source told Sana.
Then, as a crowd gathered at the scene to help the wounded, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt, the source added.
Four attacks took place within an hour in Tartous, Homs and in a suburb of Damascus, with one in Hassakeh, which is dominated by Kurdish forces, the BBC reports.
The attacks took place between 08:00 and 09:00 (05:00-06:00 GMT) on Monday.
The deadliest incident was outside Tartous, home to a Russian naval base and in the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect.
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group said it was behind the attacks.
The group made the claim in a statement carried by its affiliated news agency, Amaq.
Syria's official Sana news agency reported that 30 civilians had been killed and 45 others injured in the Tartous countryside.
First, a car bomb was detonated on the Arzoneh motorway bridge, a local police source told Sana.
Then, as a crowd gathered at the scene to help the wounded, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt, the source added.
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