Kerry Says Syria Truce Near Reach as Suicide Bombers Kill 140
- Cease-fire agreement could be announced soon, Kerry says
- Islamic State responsible for attacks in Homs, Damascus areas
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Photographer: Khalil Mazraawi/AFP via Getty ImagesA limited cease-fire in Syria may be reached soon after Russia and the U.S. agreed provisionally on its terms, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said, as the two powers backing opposing sides of the conflict pressed efforts to halt five years of bloodshed.
Underscoring Syria’s volatility, suicide bombers killed at least 140 people Sunday in Shiite areas of Homs province and a southern Damascus suburb, according to the U.K.-based Observatory for Human Rights and the state-owned SANA news agency. Islamic State claimed responsibility for both attacks. In southeast Turkey near the Syrian border, Turkish forces killed 10 members of the Kurdish PKK militia in a clash that left three soldiers dead, the Turkish military said.