Bomb blasts kill 39 people , including 30 schoolchildren , U.N. chief says . U.N. chief condemns attack as an ` ` act of utmost depravity '' Coalition is at an important moment , John R. Allen , US ambassador , says . In Syria , where a 3Â½-year-old civil war rages on between government forces and rebel groups including ISIS , twin blasts struck Wednesday near a school in the nation 's third-largest city , Homs . Turkey maintains troops along its border with Syria as lawmakers advocate intervention .
Bomb blasts kill 39 people , including 30 schoolchildren , U.N. chief says . U.N. chief condemns attack as an ` ` act of utmost depravity '' Coalition is at an important moment , John R. Allen , US ambassador , says . Turkey maintains troops along its border with Syria as lawmakers advocate intervention .