They said one of the car bombs rammed into the house while another hit a checkpoint near the house — killing the rebels manning the checkpoint and also striking the passing school bus.
Another blast hit a checkpoint in Hama, claimed the Local Coordination Committees, and several explosions were reported in the capital, Damascus, including a rocket propelled grenade on the Central Bank, which the government blamed on an "armed terrorist group".
In Samarra, north of Baghdad, two car bombs hit a checkpoint guarded by members of a local Awakening group, part of the movement that is made up of former insurgents who were paid to switch sides under a program that was begun by the American military.
We hit a police checkpoint, and Hnin Se gestured for me to disappear under the hood of my windbreaker.
Interfax Ukraine reported that two air strikes hit a rebel checkpoint near Semyonivka and a location in the town itself, resulting in civilian casualties.
Meanwhile the SOHR says a car bomb has hit a military checkpoint in a western suburb of Damascus, causing multiple casualties among security forces.
But when, 10 kilometers shy of the border, the makeshift ambulance hits a Ukrainian checkpoint the tension is palpable.
Six people were killed when ISIS hit a security checkpoint in Kirkuk province on Saturday, and four were injured during ISIS mortar attacks on two voting centers in Diyala province.
After climbing to the fourth floor of the building, Mr. Hitto said, one of the rebels, a sniper, found a suitable vantage and shot at the checkpoint, hitting a government soldier.
