CAR-BOMB rocks Damascus, FIGHTING RAGES at checkpoints! No Eid CEASEFIRE for Syria WAR!

	CAR-BOMB rocks Damascus, FIGHTING RAGES at checkpoints! No Eid CEASEFIRE for Syria WAR! CAR-BOMB rocks Damascus, FIGHTING RAGES at checkpoints! No Eid CEASEFIRE for Syria WAR! At least five people were killed and 32 others wounded after a car bomb exploded in Damascus, according to preliminary reports by Syrian state media. The violence comes despite an official ceasefire honoring the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. Syria's opposition coordination committees claim some 70 people died in the blast. The bomb reportedly detonated near a children's playground in Daf al-Shok, a Sunni residential neighborhood in aa southern district of the Syrian capital. Kids are feared to be among the casualties. Extensive damage to nearby buildings was reported. State news agency SANA said "terrorists" were responsible for the blast. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also says 11 Syrian soldiers were wounded in a separate car bomb attack on a checkpoint in Daraa, a city in the country's southwest. Earlier in the day, the human rights watchdog claimed that rebels had laid siege to a military base one kilometer from the highway, and that government forces had opened fire in a nearby village. "Violent clashes started around 10:30 am (9:30 am Paris time) around the Wadi Deif base. The army responded by bombing the neighbouring village of Deir Sharqi. It is the first violation of the ceasefire," Rami Abdul Rahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP. Syria's military said a number of checkpoints came under attack of "terrorists" Friday, including <b>...</b>	From: GlobalCrisisNews Views: 1 0 ratings
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