The latest attack in Homs city is one of the biggest to hit a government-held area in Homs province [SANA]
At least 42 people have been in killed intwo car bomb blasts in the Syrian city of Homs.Syrian state news agency SANA said onSunday that the attack took place near the entrance to the al-Arman neighbourhood in Homs city. Dozens more were wounded in the attacks, local officials said.An Al Jazeera correspondent in Homs said the death toll was 42. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 46, adding that among those killed were 28civilians.
Aid trucks reach besieged towns and villages in SyriaHoms city is largely under government control and has regularly been targeted in bomb attacks, including a deadly double bombing last month that killed at least 22 people and was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Aleppo offensiveThe bombings came as Syrian government forces continued to tightentheir grip around Aleppo province, as they push for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) stronghold in Raqqa.The Observatory said on Sunday that government forces backed by Russian air strikes have captured 18 villages in Aleppo's eastern suburbs - giving them access to 40km of the highway betweenAleppo and Raqqa.
The stretch of highway passes by the Kweires military airport that governmentforces recaptured in November.The latest government advance in Aleppo comes after days of deadly clashes against ISIL fighters who control parts of northern Syria, including Raqqa province. SANA said on Saturday evening that theSyrian army Aleppo's northeastern suburbs."
At least 42 people have been in killed intwo car bomb blasts in the Syrian city of Homs.Syrian state news agency SANA said onSunday that the attack took place near the entrance to the al-Arman neighbourhood in Homs city. Dozens more were wounded in the attacks, local officials said.An Al Jazeera correspondent in Homs said the death toll was 42. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 46, adding that among those killed were 28civilians.
Aid trucks reach besieged towns and villages in SyriaHoms city is largely under government control and has regularly been targeted in bomb attacks, including a deadly double bombing last month that killed at least 22 people and was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Aleppo offensiveThe bombings came as Syrian government forces continued to tightentheir grip around Aleppo province, as they push for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) stronghold in Raqqa.The Observatory said on Sunday that government forces backed by Russian air strikes have captured 18 villages in Aleppo's eastern suburbs - giving them access to 40km of the highway betweenAleppo and Raqqa.
The stretch of highway passes by the Kweires military airport that governmentforces recaptured in November.The latest government advance in Aleppo comes after days of deadly clashes against ISIL fighters who control parts of northern Syria, including Raqqa province. SANA said on Saturday evening that theSyrian army Aleppo's northeastern suburbs."
