[Faline]

A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with 1.5 tons of explosives has killed at least 30 people in Hama, Syrian state media reported.

The attacker blew himself up inside the vehicle at a government checkpoint on the edge of the city, the Sana agency said.

The explosion appeared to have set a nearby fuel truck on fire, increasing the damage and casualties, it added.

Sana blamed the assault on "terrorists", the term it uses to describe rebel forces trying to topple President Bashar al Assad.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al Nusra, or al Nusra Front, carried out the attack.

Meanwhile, a key international conference aimed at ending the civil war will be held in Geneva on November 23 and 24, according to Arab League chief Nabil el Araby.

The announcement came after talks with the Arab League-UN envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi.

The proposed conference will attempt to get Syria's rival sides to agree on a transitional government based on a plan adopted in the Swiss city in June 2012.

Syria's conflict has left over 100,000 people dead and forced two million to seek refuge abroad.

The fractured and squabbling opposition movement has criticised the conference plan, saying they were not consulted.

They said they could not accept any negotiations that allowed Mr Assad to remain as head of state in any transitional period.

The main Western-backed opposition umbrella group, the Syrian National Coalition, is scheduled to hold a meeting on November 1 to decide whether or not to attend the conference.

One of the most prominent factions within the coalition, the Syrian National Council, has publicly opposed taking part in peace talks with the regime.

[Hanze]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

Sana blamed the assault on "terrorists", the term it uses to describe rebel forces trying to topple President Bashar al Assad.

Gee, I wonder why they'd call an al-Qaeda front accused of war crimes and using the same tactics as the 'resistance' in Iraq terrorists...

[Pyramid_Head]

Suicide bombers; biggest retards ever.

[kellyhound]

slowly wrecking the entire country

[ices]

Originally Posted by Hanze ↗

Gee, I wonder why they'd call an al-Qaeda front accused of war crimes and using the same tactics as the 'resistance' in Iraq terrorists...

They're not resistance fighters.

They are a Jihadi movement thorugh and through.

I say we tell Assad to keep his helmet on why we blow the fuck out of everyone of these fucks which dare to show their heads in public.

We've dealt with worse people than Assad to create a peacetime front, but now all of a sudden we're removing these restraints?

Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and now Syria. An iron fist keeps these loons in check and at bay, opening a country up by weakening its resolve is asking for trouble.

All of the worlds terrorists, from Britain to Asia is showing up in Syria, why not make the best of an opportunity?