Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Syrian government-held city of Hama today, killing a number of people, state news agency SANA reported.
The first bomber blew himself up using an explosive belt in a square in the city’s Al-Hader district, followed 15 minutes later by a second bomber in the same location, SANA reported, citing a police source.
It said the blasts had killed and injured a number of people, but did not say how many.
Syria has been trapped in a civil war for the last five years between its long-serving government and opposition factions who seek to eliminate Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Shortly after the war began, military and political power vacuums left room for extremist factions to grow, leaving the country in a military quagmire.