Two car bombs killed 18 civilians, including 11 children, and wounded more than 50 others in the towns of Jidreen and al-Hmairi in Hama countryside

Two car bombs killed 18 civilians, including 11 children, and wounded more than 50 others in the towns of Jidreen and al-Hmairi in Hama countryside, SANA news agency reported.

A source in the province told SANA reporter that a suicide bomber blew up a booby-trapped car in Jidreen town, southwestern countryside of Hama, killing 17 civilians, including 11 children and injuring more than 50 others. The terrorist bombing caused a huge damage to a number of the town's houses.

The source added that another terrorist detonated a car bomb in al-Hmairi town in the western countryside in Hama. The explosion resulted in killing one civilian and wounding others.