2015 Homs car bombing explained

Homs car bombing
Partof:	Syrian Civil War
Location:	Homs, Syria
Date:	12 December 2015
Type:	Car bombs
Fatalities:	16
Perpetrators:	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The 2015 Homs car bombing was a twin-explosion car bombing that killed 16 and injured many more. It occurred near a hospital in al-Zahra, an Alawite populated, government-controlled Neighborhood east of Homs' old city. The attack came five days after the government and rebels agreed on a local ceasefire in the western al-Waer suburb.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. News: Blasts near hospital in Syria's Homs city kill 16. Reuters . December 12, 2015. www.reuters.com.
2. Web site: Deadly car bomb attack rocks Syria's Homs. www.aljazeera.com.
3. News: 'IS Homs bomb attack' kills 16. BBC News . December 12, 2015.