Bomb attacks have grown more common in Syria's two largest cities as the uprising against President Assad grows increasingly militarised. Yesterday's blast in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, hit a car owned by a man who serves in pro-government militias known as the shabiha. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, relying on activists inside Syria, said five people were killed in the attack.
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Assad supporters targeted in attacks
An explosion in a car-wash in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least five people yesterday, activists said, while another blast in the capital Damascus destroyed nine cars.
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