Deadly Suicide Car Bombing Targets Daraa
A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle in the Syrian city of Daraa on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 20, including security force personnel, the official SANA news agency reported.
The "suicide terrorist" struck near the al-Masri roundabout in the center of the city, south of Damascus, which was the cradle of the uprising that erupted against President Bahar Assad's regime in March last year, SANA said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that two civilians were killed in an explosion in Daraa, but without specifying whether it was a suicide car bomb.
On January 6, a car bomb exploded in Damascus killing 26 people and wounding dozens more, most of them civilians. State media said it was a suicide attack and blamed "terrorists".
The blast came after twin bombs hit security services bases in the capital on December 23, with state media pointing the finger at al-Qaida.
Twin car bombs in the northern city of Aleppo on February 10 killed 28 people and wounded 235 others.
Source: Agence France Presse, Associated Press
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