Twin blasts strike Syrian city Daraa causing multiple casualties and destruction

Published time: November 10, 2012 08:16
Edited time: November 10, 2012 14:30
Demolished car used in a suicide attack at the military officers' club in the southern Syrian city of Daraa on November 10, 2012 (AFP Photo / HO / SANA)

Two car bombs have exploded in the southwestern Syrian city of Daraa, resulting in several casualties and extensive damage, state news agency SANA reported.

­The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human rights claimed that two cars packed with explosives drove into a military officers club, killing dozens of soldiers, Lebanese website Elnashra reported.

The two blasts were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels in the area, the Observatory said.

The organization also said that another military post in Daraa was hit by an explosion later in the day. No casualties were reported, and the cause of the third explosion was not mentioned.

The bombings follow a number of other terrorist attacks against security installations. On Monday, a car bomb exploded near a military checkpoint in the central Syrian province of Hama, reportedly killing at least 50 soldiers and pro-government militia members.

Daraa has been a flashpoint for the ongoing violence in Syria. According to differing estimates, between 28,000 and 40,000 have been killed in the conflict since March 2011.

Comments (16)

Bigstick61 (unregistered) 10.11.2012 15:02

funky alfonzo (unregistered) wrote in #15
Here we go again..the news according to the same dishwasher in a diner from the UK..he always seem to know the breakdown of the numbers of dead soldiers before anybody else!..this time he is backed up by a Lebanese newspaper..reliabili ty of the news has hit rock bottom these days.

An accurate observation. It could be that after the dimissal of the
French based schills there are some new schills trying to audition forthat Western Zionist money. While they were handy for Eygpt and Libyathey weren't for Syria.
Their friends are doing their version of auditioning for power with the blood of innocent Syrians daily. The Western Zionist schills then think those opposedto them don't understand why Syria stands against them.Billions of dollars spent to kill their fellow man and woman by the Western Zionists in partnership with the Islamicists and the media is the first thing they bought.

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funky alfonzo (unregistered) 10.11.2012 14:08

Here we go again..the news according to the same dishwasher in a diner from the UK..he always seem to know the breakdown of the numbers of dead soldiers before anybody else!..this time he is backed up by a Lebanese newspaper..reliabili ty of the news has hit rock bottom these days.

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Piotr (unregistered) 10.11.2012 12:37

Breaking Bad (unregistered) wrote in #11
The democracy heroes strikes back, another freedom bombing, huh? The darlings of USrael will soon or later bomb European cities, go ahead and let them taste their own medicine. When that time comes, you will see the zionist media and corrupt goverments blaming all muslims for their dirty actions.

Freedom bombing is what their trainers from America and the rest teach them. Freedom fighters never do this to if they want true peace. This is like the freedom fighters in Africa all taught by the same.Someone should do the same to those that do this.

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