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SCORES of civilians were killed in a series of terrorist bombings in Syria yesterday as the United States announced a provisional ceasefire agreement.
Two early-morning car bombings in the al-Zahraa district of the central city of Homs killed at least 46 people and left 110 injured, most critically, reported the official Sana news agency.
Later, four blasts in the capital Damascus, where the army is fighting the Saudi-backed Army of Islam, killed at least 30 people. Islamic State (Isis) claimed responsibility for those attacks.
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