BEIRUT: A car bomb struck a pro-government neighborhood in the central Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, killing at least 10 people, setting cars on fire and sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky, activists and a government official said.
The blast in the Zahra district, sent tremors through Homs, where rebels and the government have struck two cease-fire deals this month that have restored at least a semblance of peace to the shattered city.
The provincial governor, Talal Barazi, said the attack targeted such reconciliation efforts.
An official in the Homs governor´s office said 10 people were killed in Sunday´s explosion and more than 40 were wounded.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
The director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group, Rami Abdurrahman, put the death toll at 12. He also said more than 40 were wounded.
Casualty figures frequently vary in the immediate aftermath of attacks in Syria. (AP)
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