Suicide Car Bombs Kill 24 in Northwest Syria
Bombs Targeted Government Buildings, Checkpoint
Three suicide car bomb attacks were detonated within minutes of each other in the Idlib Province in northwestern Syria today, killing at least two dozen people and wounding an estimated 30 others.
Rebels say that the bombings were aimed at government buildings and that the majority of the deaths were “security forces,” but this has been impossible to confirm at this point. At least one of the bombs was detonated at a roundabout on the major highway in Idlib.
It is not yet clear which Syrian rebel faction was responsible for the attacks, but the use of suicide car bombers is in keeping with the tactics of the al-Nusra Front, one of the most aggressive factions.
Near the Turkish border, the Idlib Province is strategically valuable for the rebels because it would provide them with border crossings through which to ferry fighters and weapons into the country. The province has been heavily contested in recent months.
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mojo
January 16th, 2013 at 9:22 pm
If you for democracy to start working you need to be a democrat.., what is happening in Syria is the act by those who only think that they are democrats want to I plement their falsified idea. Terrorism by nature is not democracy nor presenting such idea.., those who help and support terrorists are the same.
French government.., a social democrat.., asked Canadaian right wing to chip in Mali.., because they think they might win this war and share the Mali along with the highst bider…, that is how the Neo fascism works. In Syria the Saudis, the Turkish, the Qatar's, the jordanian kingdom are the other partners in creating and helping the Neo fascism.
R.C.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:47 am
I'm surprised the rebels didn't attempt to blame this car bombing on Assad. They have before, only to have the western MSM print thier claims without the smallest hint of skepticism.