Car bombs kill 28 in Syria's Aleppo as tanks hit Homs | Bangkok Post: news

Twin car bombs targeting security posts in Syria's second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 people on Friday, state media said, as rebels accused the regime of launching the attacks as a diversion.

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube shows Syrian anti-regime protesters waving the pre-Baath flags during a demonstration in the central city of Hama. Twin car bombs targeting security posts in Syria's second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 people on Friday, state media said, as rebels accused the regime of launching the attacks as a diversion.

The explosions came as tank-backed troops advanced on pockets of resistance in the battered and besieged protest hub of Homs, and as heavy security deployments nationwide thwarted planned protests against regime ally Russia.