Syrian ceasefire: Isis car bomb kills two and rebels claim government is dropping barrel bombs hours into ‘truce’ ...

London Independent
February 27, 2016


Hours into a ceasefire brokered by Russia and the US, an Isis car bomb killed at least two people in Syria, and rebels claim government forces dropped barrel bombs near Damascus.


Isis militants claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on the government-held town of Salamiyeh in an online statement. The group said in an online statement that one of its fighters had driven a car loaded with explosives to a Syrian army gathering in the area and blown himself up among them, killing 20 people and wounding 35 others.


Near Damascus, the rebel group Jaish al-Islam said government forces dropped two barrel bombs and opened fire on its positions during several violations of a cessation of hostilities agreement in the Eastern Ghouta.


Citing field reports from the group’s commanders, Jaish al-Islam spokesman Islam Alloush told Reuters that in one incident government forces trying to advance “were dealt with with machine guns”.
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