Death toll from ISIS bombings in Syria rises to 142

The death toll from a string of bombings near a Shiite shrine outside Syria’s capital Damascus and in Homs on Sunday has risen to 142 people while nearly 300 are wounded.

Official Syrian Arab News Agency reports that at least 83 people were killed in a series of blasts in the Sayyida Zeinab suburb of the Syrian capital, wounding more than 170 others.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) which monitors the conflict through a network of contacts on the ground also says the death toll from car bombs in Homs has reached to 59.

It had earlier reported 46 killed and more than 100 wounded in the double car bombs in the city center’s Zahra district but expressed concern over some of those wounded.

Pro-Damascus channel al-Ikhbariya showed footage of damaged shop fronts, debris littering the streets, wounded people and charred or burning cars.

The terrorist group of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibly for the carnage in an online message.

ISIS said two suicide bombers struck in Sayyida Zeinab and two others drove explosive-packed cars into crowds in Homs.

The attacks outside Damascus and in Homs occurred in areas where there are many supporters of the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

The bombings came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that he and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov had reached a “provisional agreement” toward a cessation of hostilities in Syria.