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| Syria unrest: Explosions rock northern city of Aleppo | Syria unrest: Explosions rock northern city of Aleppo |
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| Two explosions have rocked Syria's second city of Aleppo, causing a number of casualties, state media report. | |
| State television blamed "armed terrorist gangs" for the attacks, which it said hit a military intelligence complex and a security force base. | |
| Meanwhile, Syrian opposition activists quoted residents of Aleppo as saying that there had been three explosions. | |
| Aleppo has been relatively quiet since mass protests against President Bashar al-Assad's erupted in March. | |
| "Civilians and members of the military were martyred and wounded in the terrorist explosions," state TV said. | |
| It also showed graphic images of aftermath of the bombings. | |
| The blasts came as more than 100 people were reportedly killed in the central city of Homs on Thursday, as the government continued a push aimed at crushing rebel forces. | |
| Hundreds have been reported killed in the offensive over the past week. | |
| US President Barack Obama has described the mortar and rocket attacks on residential areas of Homs as "outrageous bloodshed". | |
| Syria restricts access to foreign media and casualty figures cannot be independently verified. | |
| The government of Mr Assad says it is fighting terrorists and armed criminal gangs. |