Heavy Casualties After Suicide Bombers Attack Army Checkpoint In Homs

Syrian state media have reported a double suicide bombing on Tuesday at an army checkpoint in the central city of Homs. The attack killed at least 22 people and injured 100, according to the account carried by Agence France-Presse.

The attacks took place in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of Homs, said state television.

One bomber detonated his explosives in a car while pulling up to the checkpoint. The second blew himself up as a crowd gathered, said the provincial governor of...