A bomb blast killed eight people and injured 16 others on a bus in Syria’s Homs on Tuesday, state media said, citing the city’s health authority. Islamic State claimed the attack, saying the blast killed 11 members of the Syrian army, its official news agency AMAQ said. State television said “a bomb that terrorists planted in a passenger bus exploded”. Islamic State militants had claimed responsibility for a similar attack in Homs in May, when a car bomb killed four people and injured 32 others. She urged Russia to live up to its obligations to uphold the de-escalation zone in eastern Ghouta.

Source: Egypt Independent December 05, 2017 22:18 UTC