Bombings kill 20 in Syria as peace talks invitations go out

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

BEIRUT -- Bombings struck a government-run checkpoint in the central Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding over 100 amid political jockeying ahead of U.N.-backed peace talks scheduled to begin Friday in Geneva.

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