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| Syria Hama 'suicide attacks kill 11 children' | |
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| At least 18 people, including 11 children, have been killed in two suicide bombings in the Syrian province of Hama, state media has reported. | |
| It said the "terrorist explosions" took place in Jibrin - north-east of Hama city - and al-Humeiri. | |
| The villages are under the control of the government. | |
| The attack comes days after scores of people were killed and injured in explosions in government-controlled parts of the central city of Homs. | |
| There has so far been no claim of responsibility for the bombings, correspondents say, but al-Qaeda affiliated rebels of the Nusra Front have carried out several car bombings in recent weeks. | |
| Human rights groups say that both the government of President Bashar al-Assad and rebels fighting to depose him are killing civilians. | |
| Hama saw some of the largest demonstrations against Mr Assad in the first months of the Syrian uprising after March 2011. | |
| But in late summer 2011, security forces stormed the city and have maintained control ever since. |