Suicide bomb attack at Syria checkpoint kills 30

BEIRUT - Syria's state media and activists say a suicide truck bomb attack on a government checkpoint on the edge of the central city of Hama has left 30 dead.

The state news agency SANA said Syrian rebels drove the truck laden with over a ton of explosives into the post at the eastern entrance of the city Sunday.

SANA says the explosion appeared to have set ablaze a gasoline truck nearby, increasing the damage and casualties.

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

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