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| Bomb blasts kill eight people in Homs, Syria days after city truce | |
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| Twin bomb blasts in a government-controlled neighbourhood of Homs in Syria have killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens, state media and a group monitoring the war said. | Twin bomb blasts in a government-controlled neighbourhood of Homs in Syria have killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens, state media and a group monitoring the war said. |
| One of the bombs detonated close to a hospital in the mainly Alawite neighbourhood of al-Zahra in the east of the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the death toll was likely to rise. | One of the bombs detonated close to a hospital in the mainly Alawite neighbourhood of al-Zahra in the east of the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the death toll was likely to rise. |
| Syrian state television described Saturday’s attack as “two large terrorist explosions”. News agency SANA published a photo of two men carrying a woman away from burning wreckage. | Syrian state television described Saturday’s attack as “two large terrorist explosions”. News agency SANA published a photo of two men carrying a woman away from burning wreckage. |
| Homs was a centre of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad that started in 2011. The blasts come days after the implementation of a truce deal in Waer, another district of Homs on its northwestern outskirts. | Homs was a centre of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad that started in 2011. The blasts come days after the implementation of a truce deal in Waer, another district of Homs on its northwestern outskirts. |
| Under that deal, agreed between the local government and insurgents under the auspices of the United Nations, a number of fighters and civilians left Waer, the last insurgent-held area of Homs, and humanitarian aid was allowed in. | Under that deal, agreed between the local government and insurgents under the auspices of the United Nations, a number of fighters and civilians left Waer, the last insurgent-held area of Homs, and humanitarian aid was allowed in. |
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| The agreement, which is still being implemented in stages, allowed the government to tighten its control of the city. | The agreement, which is still being implemented in stages, allowed the government to tighten its control of the city. |
| Elsewhere in the region, Iraqi officials said a suicide car bomb targeting a border security post in the western province of Anbar has killed five and wounded 10. | Elsewhere in the region, Iraqi officials said a suicide car bomb targeting a border security post in the western province of Anbar has killed five and wounded 10. |
| Officials said the commander of the base is among the dead. The bomber, driving an explosives-laden car, rammed the vehicle into a checkpoint outside the headquarters of border security in the town of al-Nukhayb, 62 miles (100km) from the border with Saudi Arabia. | Officials said the commander of the base is among the dead. The bomber, driving an explosives-laden car, rammed the vehicle into a checkpoint outside the headquarters of border security in the town of al-Nukhayb, 62 miles (100km) from the border with Saudi Arabia. |
| A medical official confirmed the casualty figures and no one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. | A medical official confirmed the casualty figures and no one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| The attack followed significant gains by Iraqi government forces in Anbar. Earlier this week the Iraqi military regained key territory around the militant-held city of Ramadi, the provincial capital. | The attack followed significant gains by Iraqi government forces in Anbar. Earlier this week the Iraqi military regained key territory around the militant-held city of Ramadi, the provincial capital. |