Saturday, October 19, 2013

Minibus blast kills 21 in southern Syria: activists


BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twenty-one people, including four children and six women, were killed when a minibus exploded in the southern town of Noa early on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.


Opposition activists told the Observatory the minibus drove over a mine planted by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. There was no immediate comment from the government.


The explosion was reported in rebel-held territory in Syria's Deraa province but there are also army troops in the nearby base of Tel al-Jumaa, which is besieged.


Assad's forces are battling a civil war which grew out of protests against his family's four-decade grip on the country.


Violence has continued despite pleas from regional Arab and Muslim organizations for a ceasefire to mark the Muslim festival of Eid al Adha.


The British-based Observatory, which is opposed to Assad, reported clashes in most provinces on Wednesday and said that war planes had been deployed to the eastern desert city of Deir al-Zor.


The group said at least 27 government soldiers had been killed during intense clashes in Deir al-Zor over the past two days although rebels gave a figure more than double that.


(Reporting by Oliver Holmes; Editing by Andrew Heavens)



Source: http://news.yahoo.com/minibus-blast-kills-21-southern-syria-activists-073419110.html
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