Syria Car Bombing Kills 9 in Government-held Town

At least nine people were killed when a car bomb exploded in a coastal town in Syria — the first such explosion reported since a new cease-fire was implemented last week, according to state media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll in Jableh, a government stronghold, at 14. The cease-fire in Syria appeared fragile even before this attack as government forces escalated their offensive near the capital of Damascus, and a coalition of rebel groups said they would...

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