Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast hit the vehicle around midnight as it was driving near Tel al-Juma in Daraa province. Six women were also among the dead, it added, according to Times Colonist. The Observatory said local activists accuse government troops, who are stationed at an army outpost in the area besieged by rebels, of planting explosives by the roadside and BEIRUT - An explosion struck a vehicle packed with passengers travelling in southern Syria overnight, killing at least 21 people, including four children, activists said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, nor why a group of women and children were travelling in dangerous and disputed territory in the middle of the night. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.