Civil War: Syria

Syria: The explosion in Yadouda charred vehicles parked nearby and damaged the mosque, which has a white dome, according to video images posted by activists who are fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad. Syria extends Homs ceasefire as UN peace talks begin Syrias growing refugee crisis Syrias civil war spawns deadly barrel bombs, other DIY weapons , according to CBC. The motive for Friday's blast could not immediately be determined and activists provided varying death tolls ranging from 29 to 43. State-run TV confirmed the bombing but said only 3 people were killed. A car bomb blew up outside a mosque in a rebel-held village in southern Syria as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers, killing dozens of people and filling clinics and hospitals with the wounded, anti-government activists said. Yadouda is in the southern province of Daraa, the birthplace of the uprising against Assad that began with peaceful protests in March 2011 and morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 130,000 people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.