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HOMS HIT BY DEADLY CAR BOMB ATTACK
Al-Jazeera, Qatar
March 6 2014
Explosion targeted the city's government-controlled Armenian district,
which is home to mostly Christians and Alawites.
Last updated: 06 Mar 2014 20:18
The bomb went off in the main street of Homs' Armenian district to
the east of the city [Reuters]
At least 15 people are dead and 12 others have been wounded in a car
bombing in the central Syrian city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights says.
Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the observatory, said the bombing
happened in the city's Armenian district, which is home to mostly
Christians and Alawites.
Syria's state news agency SANA reported a "terrorist attack" on
the main street of the district, "which caused deaths, injuries
and damage".
The neighbourhood, in the east of Homs, is under government control.
Homs, once dubbed the "capital" of Syria's revolution for its
prominent, well-attended anti-government protests, has been the scene
of fierce fighting between the regime and rebels.
The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, is from the Alawite community,
a religious minority that stems from Shia Islam.
Part of its Old City under rebel control has been subjected to a tight
government siege that has left several thousand civilians trapped.
In recent weeks, UN and Red Crescent teams were able to evacuate some
civilians from Homs and distribute food and medicine to those remaining
in the besieged neighbourhoods, but the operations have stopped.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/03/dozens-killed-homs-bombing-20143615952204226.html
From: A. Papazian
Al-Jazeera, Qatar
March 6 2014
Explosion targeted the city's government-controlled Armenian district,
which is home to mostly Christians and Alawites.
Last updated: 06 Mar 2014 20:18
The bomb went off in the main street of Homs' Armenian district to
the east of the city [Reuters]
At least 15 people are dead and 12 others have been wounded in a car
bombing in the central Syrian city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights says.
Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the observatory, said the bombing
happened in the city's Armenian district, which is home to mostly
Christians and Alawites.
Syria's state news agency SANA reported a "terrorist attack" on
the main street of the district, "which caused deaths, injuries
and damage".
The neighbourhood, in the east of Homs, is under government control.
Homs, once dubbed the "capital" of Syria's revolution for its
prominent, well-attended anti-government protests, has been the scene
of fierce fighting between the regime and rebels.
The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, is from the Alawite community,
a religious minority that stems from Shia Islam.
Part of its Old City under rebel control has been subjected to a tight
government siege that has left several thousand civilians trapped.
In recent weeks, UN and Red Crescent teams were able to evacuate some
civilians from Homs and distribute food and medicine to those remaining
in the besieged neighbourhoods, but the operations have stopped.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/03/dozens-killed-homs-bombing-20143615952204226.html
From: A. Papazian