AKIPRESS.COM - Nearly 130 people were killed on Sunday in a series of bombings in Syria, according to the media reports.

The attacks hit neighborhoods in cities of Damascus and Homs -- and they came as Secretary of State John Kerry announced a preliminary ceasefire, CBS News reports.

In the early afternoon, explosions from two car bombs ripped through a residential neighborhood in Homs. This is a pro-Assad area, the attack was clearly anti-government and ISIS has claimed responsibility.

A few hours later in suburban Damascus several more bombs went off. ISIS said it planted them too.

Friday's ceasefire deadline -- proposed by the U.S. and Russia -- came and went with no pause in the fighting.

Though all sides say they are still willing to negotiate a temporary truce.