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38 killed in suicide bombings amid IS attacks in Syria’s Sweida
DAMASCUS, July 25, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – As many as 38 people were killed and
37 others wounded in a series of bombings and attacks in the southern
province of Sweida on Wednesday, according to the health department of Sweida
and local activists.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said suicide bombers from the
Islamic State (IS) detonated bomb vests and explosive devices in Sweida city
in tandem with an attack by this terror-designated group on towns in the
eastern countryside of Sweida on Wednesday.
Three suicide bombers set off their bomb vests near the grocery market and
the roundabouts of Mashnaqa and Najmeh in Sweida city, the Observatory said,
adding that explosive devices were detonated in the same areas.
In the northeastern countryside of Sweida, where the Syrian warplanes are
taking part in striking the IS fighters, the IS militants launched attacks on
several towns amid confrontation between the Syrian army and the IS
militants.
Meanwhile, a medical source inside the city confirmed to Xinhua that over
30 people were killed in the attacks, adding that the wounded are being taken
to the national hospital in the city.
Syrian state news agency SANA said a suicide bomber detonated himself while
the two others were killed before setting their explosives off in the city.
It added that another explosion took place in the Maslakh area in the city.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1410 hrs