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| Syria war: Deadly blasts hit government and Kurdish areas | Syria war: Deadly blasts hit government and Kurdish areas |
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| At least 20 people have been killed in a string of explosions in government- and Kurdish-held areas of Syria, state media say. | |
| Blasts hit the coastal city of Tartous, the central city of Homs, Damascus, and Kurdish-controlled north-eastern city of Hassakeh, reports say. | Blasts hit the coastal city of Tartous, the central city of Homs, Damascus, and Kurdish-controlled north-eastern city of Hassakeh, reports say. |
| Most were killed in the attacks in Tartous, home to the main Russian airbase in Syria. | Most were killed in the attacks in Tartous, home to the main Russian airbase in Syria. |
| The city was last hit by bombings in May by so-called Islamic State (IS). | The city was last hit by bombings in May by so-called Islamic State (IS). |
| A car bomb first exploded and as rescue workers approached to aid victims, a suicide bomber detonated his vest, state media reported. | |
| Another car bomb hit a checkpoint in Homs, killing two, and five people were killed in the explosion in Hassakeh, initial reports said. | |
| Meanwhile, talks between the US and Russia on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China have failed to reach agreement on a temporary ceasefire in Syria, US officials said. | |
| However Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barak Obama agreed they would continue to search for a comprehensive ceasefire deal, the Associated Press news agency quoted an unnamed senior US official as saying. | |
| The two sides have been trying to agree on terms for a partial ceasefire which would enable aid to be delivered to government-besieged areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo. |