At least 142 killed in suicide bombings in Damascus and Homs

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A string of suicide bombings near a Shiite shrine outside Syria's capital and in Homs claimed by jihadists killed at least 142 people Sunday, as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said a provisional deal had been reached on the terms of a truce in Syria's brutal five-year conflict, only for the bloodshed to intensify on the ground.

Near Damascus, a car bombing followed by two consecutive suicide attacks ripped through the area of the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab and killed 83 people, Syria's official news agency SANA reported.

A January attack in the same area - also claimed by IS - killed 70 people.

The Observatory also reported that two car bombs killed at least 59 people and wounded dozens in the pro-regime district of Al-Zahraa in the central city of Homs.

On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended his country's fight against the YPG as "Legitimate defence" after international calls for Ankara to halt its military action in Syria.

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