Assad’s Blast kills 47 in Daraa: NGO

The death toll of al-Yadouda car explosion in Daraa yesterday rose to 47 people, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Activists have accused regime forces of carrying out the attack near a mosque in al-Yadouda town, the number of martyrs is likely to rise according to more than 150 injuries and tens of serious injuries, the observatory said.

Meanwhile, Violent clashes taking place between regime forces and rebels around Al-Maftara gardens near Al-Yadouda town, in an attempt by regime forces to move towards the town of al-Yadouda.

Regime forces also renewed bombardment on Tafas town, no reports of losses yet.

Syria's nearly three-year conflict began as popular protests against four decades of Assad family rule but changed into armed insurgency under a security force crackdown.

Now the major Arab state is in a full-scale civil war that has killed more than 136,000 people and forced over 6 million - more than a quarter of the population - to flee their homes.

An image grab taken from a video uploaded to YouTube on February 14, 2014, shows Ghazel Abdullah, 5-year-old girl child who was killed due to Assad’s airstrikes on the Old City of Daraa ( Mohamed Hamdan).