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| 46 dead in Homs bomb attack |
| 2016-02-21 |
| At least 46 people have been killed in a double car bombing in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group has said. Most of the dead appear to be civilians, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It is not yet clear who was behind the bombing but the so-called Islamic State (IS) has targeted the area in the past. Meanwhile US Secretary of State John Kerry has said a "provisional agreement" has been reached with Russia on a partial truce in the conflict. After speaking with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Mr Kerry said the world was "closer to a ceasefire today than we have been". Earlier this month, world powers involved in Syria agreed to seek a "cessation of hostilities" but the Friday deadline has come and gone. Mr Kerry said on Sunday that he and Mr Lavrov had agreed the terms of the cessation but stressed that details still needed to be resolved. |
| Posted by:badanov |