21.02.2015 at least four people were killed in an explosion that rocked the syrian town of al-qardaha the hometown of the assad family according to media reports. the incident took place outside a hospital. powerful blast killed four people in qardaha the heartland of syria uling assad clan origin of explosion unknown monitoring group. a nurse a hospital employee and two soldiers are reportedly among the deceased according to uk-based syrian observatory for human rights. there was another man in the car with the suicide bomber although it was not clear whether he was an accomplice or a hostage sorh said sunday adding that the explosion took the lives of 2 women (a nurse and a hospital employee) as well as 2 soldiers wounding several others. the father of syrian president bashar assad hafez assad was born in al-qardaha located in the latakia province. this is the first car bomb attack to hit qardaha since the start of the anti-assad uprising in march 2011. the city has been subject to strict surveillance by syrias security forces. the 2011 uprising has evolved into a civil war in syria. government forces have been fighting against several rebel groups operating in the country including the islamic state (is). according to the latest sorh estimates the syrian military conflict has claimed the lives of more than 210000 people.
explosion kills four in hometown of assad family