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February 22, 2016

Syria: Bomb Attacks Kill 150; U.S., Russia Reach "Provisional" Ceasefire Deal
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In Syria, bomb attacks around the Syrian capital Damascus and in the
city of Homs have killed at least 150 people and wounded scores of
others, marking one of the deadliest days in the nearly five-year-old
conflict. ISIL has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attacks, which
included a car bombing and two consecutive suicide attacks near a Shiite
shrine outside Damascus and two bomb attacks in the city of Homs. The
blasts came the same day Secretary of State John Kerry announced a
"provisional agreement" between the United States and Russia on a
ceasefire in Syria.
Topics:Syria Islamic State

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