Syrian Cities Blast "Lost 130 Soul"

Syrian Cities Blast "Lost 130 Soul"

Two blasts in the central Syrian city of Homs killed more than a dozen people and injured many others.

BEIRUT –  Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs killed nearly 130 people on Sunday, highlighting the threat posed by the extremists as the country's warring factions fight for the northern city of Aleppo and world powers chase an elusive cease-fire.City

Homes in the central Syrian city of two explosions, a dozen people were killed and several others were injured.

Homes in the central Syrian city of two explosions, a dozen people were killed and several others were injured.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Damascus, the Syrian cities of Holmes and the Islamic group has claimed nearly 130 people were killed on Sunday, as the country's warring factions threat posed by extremists and the northern city of Aleppo highlights global chase long halt to fighting the forces of fire, a bomb shell.

The explosions came as Secretary of State John Kerry said that the "interim agreement" that hostilities could begin within the next few days has reached the end. But he acknowledged that it was not final and may not suit all parties automatically.

Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) Sayeda Zeinab in Damascus suburb of a series of explosions rocked at least 83 people were killed and more than 170 were injured, said the Human Rights Observatory, which relies on local Syrian activists London a native of Syria, said the bombing killed 62. SANA bomb exploded near a school, said this afternoon during rush hour.

Neighborhood Shia Islam, which heavily Shiite militias in Iraq and elsewhere in Lebanon and other Hezbollah movement is protected by is home to one of the holiest. Al-Manar TV said Hezbollah was the result of a car bomb and suicide bombers.

Homes in the central city bombing, at least 46 people were killed and dozens wounded, according to the Syrian Foreign Ministry. The Observatory said 57 people, including 11 women, set off two car bombs in neighborhoods Alawite majority were killed in the explosion. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shiite Islam hails from.

Television footage showed debris and charred body of a man full of smashed cars and homes being taken away on a stretcher from the streets in Syria. Sayeda Zeinab footage of people running the show in the narrow streets as a number of others, including children, get injured. "She's alive, she's alive," one man shouted as he tried CPR to a man unconscious management. TV later called on citizens to donate blood.

Syrian citizens gather at the scene where two blasts exploded in the pro-government neighborhood of Zahraa, in Homs province, Syria.

The Islamic State group claimed both attacks. The extremists are dug in on the outskirts of the two cities and have repeatedly targeted Shiites, who they view as apostates deserving of death.

The deadly blasts may strengthen the government's argument that it should press ahead with a major offensive in the north of the country, where troops backed by Russian airstrikes are close to sealing off Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and commercial hub. Syrian insurgents, including Western-backed rebels, seized several neighborhoods in 2012.

The heavy fighting near Aleppo led to collapse of peace talks earlier this month. World powers later agreed on a "cessation of hostilities" to begin within a week, but the deadline passed with no letup in the fighting.

Kerry has since reached out to his Russian counterpart, and during a visit to Jordan on Sunday, said they had struck a "provisional agreement" and must now reach out to the opposing sides on the ground. Russia is a key ally of Assad's government, while the U.S. backs some of the rebels fighting to overthrow him.

Kerry declined to go into the details of the agreement, saying it "is not yet done."

"The modalities for a cessation of hostilities are now being completed," Kerry said, adding that it was "possible over the course of these next hours."

Assad meanwhile said his government was ready to take part in a truce as long as it is not used by militants to reinforce their positions.

"We have announced that we are ready," the Spanish newspaper El Pais said in remarks published Sunday, said al-Assad.

"It recruits more and more terrorists, more weapons, or to send any kind of military assistance to terrorists in other countries, especially Turkey, to stop," the interview, which is also the official news agency SANA Al-Assad was conducted in English.

Assad's government as mercenaries all armed groups fighting to oust him shows. Turkey and Saudi Arabia is one of the key supporters of the rebels.

He said al-Assad in Aleppo process about "regaining control of the city", but "the road between Turkey and terrorist groups closures."

The United States, Russia and other world powers to agree on the 12 February agreement calls for a cessation of hostilities within one week, and besieged areas of Syria and to provide emergency assistance to return to the peace talks in Geneva . Aid shipments were allowed in the past week in several areas surrounded.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Stein Meier He welcomed the recent interim agreement and its impacts on the warring parties "window of opportunity" to use all the regional powers met.

In the north of Syria, at the same time, the Syrian army controls 31 villages Sunday, which was controlled by Syria and Lebanon based Hezbollah station Al-Manar channel segments taken loyal. Syrian forces, journalists and sometimes it is a means of both partners.