Bus bomb kills eight in Homs

A bomb blast killed eight people and injured 16 others on a bus in Syria’s Homs on Tuesday, state media said, citing the city’s health authority. The Daesh group claimed the attack, saying the blast killed 11 members of the Syrian army, its official news agency Amaq said. Many of the passengers were university students, Homs Governor Talal Barazi told state-run Ikhbariya TV. —