ISIS suspected of carrying out twin car bomb blasts in Syria which kill at least 46 and wound more than 100 in one of the civil war's deadliest attacks yet

ISIS suspected of carrying out twin car bomb blasts in Syria which kill at least 46 and wound more than 100 in one of the civil war's deadliest attacks yet
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Double attacks target Zahara district in government-controlled Homs
Residents are mostly Alawites, the minority sect of ruling Assad clan
Regime forces advance on ISIS in northern province of Aleppo
US secretary of State John Kerry announces deal with Russia
Provisional agreement is on the terms of a ceasefire in Syria


Two blasts in the central Syrian city of Homs killed at least 46 people in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the city in five years of civil war.

More than 100 people were wounded in the twin car bomb attacks in the city centre's Zahra district, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Syrian state television quoted Homs provincial governor Talal Barazi as saying at least 25 people had been killed.

Zahraa neighbourhood is populated mainly by members of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect

Graphic footage from pro-Assad television channels showed charred corpses buried among rubble, damage to shop fronts and debris littering a wide area. Many cars were on fire, sending out plumes of black smoke. Wounded people walked around dazed.

The Observatory said the attack was the second most deadly of its kind in Homs since 2011, and the deadliest for almost a year and a half.

Once dubbed the capital of the Syrian revolution, Homs city is now almost completely controlled by the Syrian government.

The only exception is Waer district, which is being gradually turned over to the government under a deal with opposition fighters.

Most of the bombing attacks in the city over the past months have been claimed by ISIS, which controls parts of the Homs province including the historic town of Palmyra.

Zahra neighbourhood in particular has been the main target of the extremist groups as civilian residents there are mostly Alawites, the minority sect of Syria's ruling clan - including president Bashar al-Assad.

The double blast comes a day after government forces reportedly captured 31 villages in the northern province of Aleppo from ISIS
Last month, another twin bombing in Zahra killed 22 people, mostly civilians.
The double blast comes a day after government forces reportedly captured 31 villages in the northern province of Aleppo from ISIS.
Syrian troops have been on the offensive in different parts of the country under the cover of Russian airstrikes.
The latest attacks come as US secretary of State John Kerry said that a provisional agreement had been reached with Russia on the terms of a ceasefire in the war-torn country.
Kerry told reporters in the Jordanian capital Amman that he had spoken with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov again on Sunday on the terms of a ceasefire agreed by world powers earlier this month.

yrian onlookers and security forces inspect a crater at the site of the double blast in Homs

'We have reached a provisional agreement, in principle, on the terms of the cessation of hostilities that could begin in the coming days,' Kerry said.

'It is not yet done and I anticipate that our presidents, President (Barack) Obama and President (Vladimir) Putin, may well speak somewhere in the next days or so in order to try to complete this task,' Kerry told a press conference with Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh.

Hopes for ceasefire, which had been due to take hold on Friday, had floundered as fresh violence shook Syria last week.

But Kerry was optimistic that it could still be implemented.

'We are in fact making progress even as a I stand here today,' he said. 'We are closer to a ceasefire today than we have been.'

A general view shows the site of the bomb blasts

Amber Louise Daniels denied bail over Brisbane bomb hoax

Pregnant teenager, 17, 'said she would pay two friends $20 to make a hoax bomb threat' that saw 2000 evacuated from a school
Amber Daniels charged after bomb hoax in Brisbane's south
She allegedly offered two of her co-accused $20 to make the threat
Calamvale Community College was evacuated at 12.30pm last Wednesdsay

A pregnant teenager is allegedly behind a bomb hoax in Brisbane which saw 2000 students evacuated from school last Wednesday.
Amber Louise Daniels, 17, has been denied bail after Richland Magistrate's Court heard she told two of her co-accused she would pay them $20 if they made the call.
Prosecutor Andrea Donaghue opposed bail due to the serious nature of the hoax, which sparked the evacuation of the prep - Queensland's kindergarten equivalent - to Year 12 college.

'It was an extremely hot day, approximately 36C, 2000 students had to be evacuated,' she said.
The court heard while police searched the school for a bomb Ms Daniels and her three co-accused ate lunch at Hungry Jacks.
Daniels lawyer unsuccessfully argued their client should be granted bail because of her personal circumstances.
The teenager, who was due to begin year 12 this year, was recently told by a doctor that she was pregnant.

Magistrate Andrew Cridland said the case against her was strong as were the concerns she would commit further offences of released and denied the application.
The three others charged over the bomb hoax at Calamvale Community College also faced court on Monday.
Sanjay Jerome Christian Adolphus and Caleb Zane Lyons didn't apply for bail and were remanded in custody.

The fourth accused, Nathaniel Genge-Gibson, was already on bail and had his case adjourned.
All four are due to face court again on March 21.
It's unclear why the community college was targeted.
Police have said it was a copycat incident following numerous threats made to schools along Australia's east coast last week.

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