Syria, January 27: A car bomb has hit a security checkpoint in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, killing at least six troops stationed there.
According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint in the entrances of the city on Friday. Several others were also wounded.
Six other members of the security forces were also killed in the southern province of Dara’a after armed groups attacked two military buses. Five security personnel were also wounded in the ambush.
Meanwhile, a child has been killed and several civilians and law enforcement members were injured in a blast in al-Qa’eh neighborhood in al-Midan in Damascus, SANA reported. Armed groups also shot dead a member of the law-enforcement force in the restive city of Homs.
Idlib, Dara’a and Homs, are the main focuses of terrorist groups fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, have witnessed a number of acts of deadly violence since the beginning of the unrest in the country ten months ago.
Last week, a roadside bomb hit a Syrian prison truck in Idlib Province, killing 11 detainees onboard the vehicle.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March. Many people have lost their lives in the country over the past ten months. Damascus says over 2,000 security forces have been killed in the unrest.
The West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of killing protesters. Damascus, however, blames “outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
—Agencies