32 killed, 90 wounded in Homs bombs attack
No fewer than 32 people were killed and 90 wounded in two
bomb explosions in the Syrian city of Homs on Monday, monitoring group the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The blasts, one from a car bomb and another from a suicide
attack, struck the Zahra district in the middle of the city, said the
Britain-based Observatory, which monitors the conflict through a network of
contacts on the ground, reports Reuters.
Syria's state news agency SANA reported two car bomb blasts,
but gave a lower initial toll of six dead and 37 wounded.
It was the second major attack in the city since a ceasefire
deal took effect earlier this month, paving the way for the government to take
over the last rebel-controlled area of Homs.
Twin blasts on December 12, also in Zahra, killed at least
16 people. Islamic State claimed responsibility for that attack, saying it had
detonated a suicide car bomb.
Under the Homs ceasefire deal, at least 700 insurgent
fighters and members of their families left the last rebel-controlled area of
the city, al Waer district.
The United Nations presided over implementation of the deal.
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