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At least 40 people have been killed in bombings in mainly government-held areas of Syria, state media report.<\/p>\n

Four attacks took place within an hour in Tartous, Homs and in a suburb of Damascus, with one in Hassakeh, which is dominated by Kurdish forces.<\/p>\n

The deadliest incident was outside Tartous, home to a Russian naval base and in the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect.
\nThe Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attacks.<\/p>\n

The group made the claim in a statement carried by its affiliated news agency, Amaq.<\/p>\n

‘Crowd targeted’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The attacks took place between 08:00 and 09:00 (05:00-06:00 GMT) on Monday.<\/p>\n

Syria’s official Sana news agency reported that 30 civilians had been killed and 45 others injured in the Tartous countryside.
\nFirst, a car bomb was detonated on the Arzoneh motorway bridge, a local police source told Sana.<\/p>\n

Then, as a crowd gathered at the scene to help the wounded, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt, the source added.<\/p>\n

Tartous had been relatively unscathed by Syria’s five-year civil war until May, when a suicide bomb attack on a bus station by IS militants left dozens dead.<\/p>\n

In the central city of Homs, four people were killed and 10 injured when a car bomb exploded at the entrance to the Bab Tadmour district, Sana reported.<\/p>\n

The governor of Homs province said the car bomb targeted a military checkpoint and that the casualties were soldiers.<\/p>\n

One person was killed in a bombing on a road in Saboura, a heavily-guarded western suburb of Damascus, a police source told Sana.<\/p>\n

Opposition activist Yousef al-Boustani said the area was home to security officers and their families and that the attack represented a major security breach.<\/p>\n

In Hassakeh, an explosives-packed motorcycle was blown up at the Marsho roundabout, killing five civilians and injuring two others, Sana said.<\/p>\n

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that monitors the conflict in Syria through a network of sources, said three of the dead were Kurdish security personnel, known as the Asayish.<\/p>\n

The Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) militia took near complete control of the north-eastern city last month after a week of clashes with government troops.<\/p>\n

The Syrian Observatory put the total death toll for Monday’s attacks at 47.<\/p>\n

The attacks came as US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed a ceasefire deal for Syria on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China.<\/p>\n

\"Vladimir
Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama have so far failed to reach a deal to ease fighting in Syria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr Obama said he and Mr Putin had had “productive” discussions and had agreed to continue the search for a comprehensive truce.
\nThe US president said: “Given the gaps of trust that exist, that’s a tough negotiation and we haven’t yet closed the gaps in a way where we think it would actually work.<\/p>\n

“But my instructions to Secretary [of State John] Kerry and Mr Putin’s instructions to [Foreign Minister Sergei] Lavrov were to keep working at it over the next several days.”<\/p>\n

Mr Putin said the talks were “on the right track” and that there was “some alignment” with the US.<\/p>\n

It had been hoped a deal on a ceasefire and humanitarian deliveries would be announced jointly by Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov on Monday, but it was not forthcoming.<\/p>\n

The US is particularly concerned by the deteriorating conditions in and around Syria’s second city, Aleppo, where rebel-held districts are once again under siege after government forces advanced on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also at the G20, said he had urged world powers to create a “safe zone” in Syria, with a “no-fly” element, that would help control the flow of migrants.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama said he and Mr Putin had had “productive” discussions and had agreed to continue the search for a comprehensive truce.<\/p>\n

The US president said: “Given the gaps of trust that exist, that’s a tough negotiation and we haven’t yet closed the gaps in a way where we think it would actually work.<\/p>\n

“But my instructions to Secretary [of State John] Kerry and Mr Putin’s instructions to [Foreign Minister Sergei] Lavrov were to keep working at it over the next several days.”<\/p>\n

Mr Putin said the talks were “on the right track” and that there was “some alignment” with the US.<\/p>\n

It had been hoped a deal on a ceasefire and humanitarian deliveries would be announced jointly by Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov on Monday, but it was not forthcoming.<\/p>\n

The US is particularly concerned by the deteriorating conditions in and around Syria’s second city, Aleppo, where rebel-held districts are once again under siege after government forces advanced on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also at the G20, said he had urged world powers to create a “safe zone” in Syria, with a “no-fly” element, that would help control the flow of migrants.
\n–
\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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