11 children among 18 dead in syria car bombings state media afp friday 2 may 2014 10 children among 18 dead as air raid hits syria school ngo six new hopefuls announced in syria presidential election suicide bombers blew up two vehicles in the central syrian province of hama on friday killing at least 18 people including 11 children state media reported. the bombers hit the towns of jibrin and al-humeiri state television and official news agency sana said blaming "terrorists" for the attacks. the britain-based syrian observatory for human rights said at least 15 people had been killed. observatory director rami abdel rahman said the two towns targeted are majority alawite the religious community to which president bashar al-assad belongs. fridays attack came after a double car bombing claimed by al-qaeda killed at least 100 people on tuesday in a majority-alawite district of the central city of homs. the bombings come in a particularly bloody week in the syrian conflict which also saw 33 civilians killed in the main northern city of aleppo on thursday when government aircraft bombed a popular market in a rebel-held district. more than 150000 people have been killed since protests against assads rule erupted in march 2011 meeting with repression that sparked an armed rebellion. despite the violence authorities plan to hold a presidential election on june 3 which is expected to return assad to office.
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