Damascus: Al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida-linked group fighting alongside Syrian rebels, has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing a week ago that reportedly killed dozens of President Bashar Assad’s loyalists.
In a statement issued on Monday, the militant group said that one of its suicide bombers detonated a car bomb at the headquarters of a pro-government militia in the central province of Hama.
Activists said that at least 42 people, mostly pro-Assad militiamen, died in the blast last Monday in the town of Salamiya. The government did not say how many people were killed.
The U.S. says it’s linked to al-Qaida, and has declared the group a terrorist organization.
It is to be mentioned here that at least 60, 000 people have been killed in the deadly uprising against President Bashar-al-Assad during last one year.
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