Suicide bomber kills 50 Syrian security men

An Islamist suicide car bomber killed at least 50 Syrian security men in Hama province, an opposition group said, in what would be one of the bloodiest single attacks on president Bashar al-Assad’s forces in a 20-month-old uprising.

Another day of relentless violence in Syria coincided with more unity talks in Qatar among fractious opposition factions.

Syrian state media reported that a suicide bomber had targeted a rural development centre in Sahl al-Ghab in Hama province, but put the death toll at two.