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Multiple bomb blasts in Homs kill at least 14 people: Syrian state media

Published December 28th, 2015 - 10:22 GMT
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Multiple attacks in Syria's western city of Homs have left at least 14 people dead and many more injured, the country’s media reports say.

Syrian state television said on Monday that dozens had been killed and injured in a triple explosion in the al-Zahra neighborhood.

"The preliminary toll in simultaneous explosions that hit the city's al-Zahra neighborhood is 14 dead and 132 wounded," the television reported.

According to police sources, the attacks took place near the Ruqyah medical clinic in central Homs.

Preliminary reports said a bomber had detonated his explosives before another explosion went off, which was then followed by a third blast at the site of the first attack.

The deaths came a day after some 10 people were killed in a mortar attack in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which was carried out by foreign-backed militants from the so-called Jaysh al-Islam group, one of several Takfiri terrorist groups operating in Syria.

Violence committed by militants in Syria continues days after the UN Security Council on December 18 unanimously approved a resolution endorsing an international roadmap for a peace process for the country.

Earlier this month, rebel forces began evacuating the last militant-held district in Syria’s western city of Homs, in accordance to a deal reached with Damascus.

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