DAMASCUS: At least 13 rebels died in a blast in the city of Homs in central Syria on Sunday as they primed a car bomb for an attack, an NGO said.
In the capital, meanwhile, two people were killed when mortar fire struck the Damascus Opera House.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 13 rebels were killed in the besieged Old City of Homs when a car bomb exploded.
“The death toll is likely to rise because there are dozens of people missing and body parts in the area of the blast,” the Britain-based group said.
In the capital, SANA said two people were killed in mortar fire by rebel fighters. The attack damaged the Opera House.
Mortar fire also wounded three people in the Abbasids neighborhood of northeast Damascus, SANA said.
Meanwhile, a man was killed and 10 other Syrian refugees were arrested when a riot broke out in a desert camp of northern Jordan, a security chief said Sunday.
“Unknown assailants shot and killed a 25-year-old Syrian man during the riots on Saturday” at Zaatari refugee camp, Brig. Gen. Waddah Hmud said.
“Police did not use weapons against the refugee,” said Hmud, who heads a department in charge of Syrian refugee affairs, told reporters at the sprawling camp.
Another security official named the man as Khalid Nemri.
Witnesses in the camp, which is home to more than 100,000 refugees, told AFP on Saturday that a woman was killed in a clash with Jordanian police.
“Police arrested 10 Syrian rioters for their role in the riots,” Hmud said, adding that 29 policemen were injured in the violence.
Jordanian officials said the riot broke out after the detention of a group of refugees who had left the camp “illegally.” Three refugees were injured. “Around 5,000 Syrians took part in the riots. Anti-riot police had to fire tear gas to disperse them,” Hmud said.
Since opening two years ago, Zaatari which lies near the border with Syria has been the scene of several protests, mainly over poor living conditions. Jordan is home to more than 500,000 Syrian refugees.
In the capital, meanwhile, two people were killed when mortar fire struck the Damascus Opera House.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 13 rebels were killed in the besieged Old City of Homs when a car bomb exploded.
“The death toll is likely to rise because there are dozens of people missing and body parts in the area of the blast,” the Britain-based group said.
In the capital, SANA said two people were killed in mortar fire by rebel fighters. The attack damaged the Opera House.
Mortar fire also wounded three people in the Abbasids neighborhood of northeast Damascus, SANA said.
Meanwhile, a man was killed and 10 other Syrian refugees were arrested when a riot broke out in a desert camp of northern Jordan, a security chief said Sunday.
“Unknown assailants shot and killed a 25-year-old Syrian man during the riots on Saturday” at Zaatari refugee camp, Brig. Gen. Waddah Hmud said.
“Police did not use weapons against the refugee,” said Hmud, who heads a department in charge of Syrian refugee affairs, told reporters at the sprawling camp.
Another security official named the man as Khalid Nemri.
Witnesses in the camp, which is home to more than 100,000 refugees, told AFP on Saturday that a woman was killed in a clash with Jordanian police.
“Police arrested 10 Syrian rioters for their role in the riots,” Hmud said, adding that 29 policemen were injured in the violence.
Jordanian officials said the riot broke out after the detention of a group of refugees who had left the camp “illegally.” Three refugees were injured. “Around 5,000 Syrians took part in the riots. Anti-riot police had to fire tear gas to disperse them,” Hmud said.
Since opening two years ago, Zaatari which lies near the border with Syria has been the scene of several protests, mainly over poor living conditions. Jordan is home to more than 500,000 Syrian refugees.
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