Five dead in Syria car bomb attacks

Five people were killed yesterday in two car bomb attacks targeting minority neighbourhoods in Syria and claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group. Citing a security source, IS's propaganda agency Amaq said IS fighters were responsible for the blasts near the capital Damascus and in third city Homs. The first explosion killed four people and wounded 30 near the Al-Zahraa neighbourhood of Homs city, state news agency SANA said.