Bus Bombing Hits Syria's Homs, Five Dead

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A bomb attack on a bus in Syria's third city Homs killed five people and wounded at least seven on Wednesday, state media reported.

The blast hit a small bus carrying passengers in the Al-Zahraa neighbourhood, which has repeatedly been targeted in bombings.

Most of the neighbourhood's residents belong to the same Alawite religious sect as President Bashar al-Assad.

In December, four people were killed in a blast at a Red Crescent centre in the neighbourhood, and in February a double bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed 57 people.

Interviewed on state television, Homs governor Talal Barazi said four of those killed were female students heading to university on the bus. 

Most of Homs is held by the government, with the exception of the Waer district, where the last phase of an evacuation is under way under a deal between the government and rebels.

Three waves of rebels and their families had already left Waer under an agreement first reached in December 2015, but subsequent evacuations stalled before a new deal was reached earlier this month.

The neighbourhood has been subject to a siege and  bombardment by the army.

Rebel groups criticise so-called "reconciliation" deals like that agreed in Waer, saying they are forced into them by siege tactics.

But the government has touted the deals, which grant safe passage to rebels and their families in exchange for surrender of territory, as the best way to end the six-year civil war.

Homs was once dubbed the "capital of the revolution" because of the large-scale protests held in the city when the uprising began in March 2011.

More than 320,000 people have been killed in the conflict and millions driven from their homes.

Comments 13
Default-user-icon mowaten@lqu7 (Guest) 29 March 2017, 15:16

why only five ?

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 30 March 2017, 00:30

Attacks on civilians should be condemned.

Thumb _mowaten_ 29 March 2017, 15:48

another great victory for the moderate eunuchs to prove their manliness.

Missing CFTC 29 March 2017, 16:24

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Bold, and Hilarious
Always going where no one else dares

@mowaten
What can one say, another E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T comment. I particularly enjoyed the part where you said " the moderate eunuchs to prove their manliness."

Thank you for making this forum lovely, lively and vibrant.
Still laughing since January 2015 when you said the $3 billion Saudi grant was only to teach our soldiers the French language.

Thank you
Yours Sincerely
@CFTC

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 30 March 2017, 00:31

Mowaten ... You have no right to comment considering that you support a side that bombs civilians on a daily basis.

Thumb _mowaten_ 30 March 2017, 13:14

sauditheocrat.com: i support the side who crushes these terrorist scumbags, i know you would prefer they send them flowers but it's not going to happen. shame on you for claiming to be arab, and yet when US strikes kill thousands of civilians in yemen, iraq and syria you bend over and suck it up, while yuo cannot understand syrians defending their land and existence. go f yourself

Thumb justin 29 March 2017, 18:41

now that flamethrower has been banned he resurfaces with 10 different aliases on a daily basis. How pathetic and how obvious.

Thumb _mowaten_ 29 March 2017, 19:34

really? is it flamethrower hiding behind the aliases "mowaten@lqu7", "CFTC", "ja7esh" and downvoting me 7 times? or is it you? i know who my money would be on.

Thumb galaxy 30 March 2017, 07:24

you want us to up vote your filth ya heretic?

Thumb _mowaten_ 30 March 2017, 13:15

try to stay focused, we're talking about your fake aliases, i dont care about your votes scumbo.

Thumb Mystic 29 March 2017, 19:37

A cowardice salafi attack

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 30 March 2017, 01:52

And killing civilians by your side on a daily basis is ...?

Thumb gigahabib 30 March 2017, 11:03

Unlike the Salafites, the government doesn't deliberately target civilians.