21 February 2016•Update: 22 February 2016
By Mohamed Misto
HOMS, Syria
At least 40 people were killed and scores injured on Sunday by twin car bombs that shook Syria’s central city of Homs, according to local sources.
The two bombs went off in the city’s Al-Zahraa district, killing at least 40 and injuring more than 100, mostly civilians, local sources told Anadolu Agency.
Syria’s official SANA news agency, for its part, quoted the governor of Homs as saying that 25 people had been killed and 39 injured by the twin blasts.
According to SANA, however, the death toll is likely to rise further, as many of the injured are in critical condition.
Homs was one of the early epicenters of a popular uprising that erupted in 2011 against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Until now, however, the city remains under the firm control of regime forces.
Homs has recently been rocked by a series of attacks, most of which have been claimed by the Daesh militant group.
Last month, the city suffered a similar twin car bombing in which at least 25 people were killed.
