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                      Explosion Kills 21 in Southern Syria

   by VOA News

   Syrian activists have announced an explosion has hit a vehicle in
   southern Syria, killing at least 21 people, including six women and
   four children.
   The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast
   happened early Wednesday as the vehicle was traveling near Tel al-Juma,
   in Daraa province.
   Activists blamed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad for planting
   explosives in the road. The Observatory said there is an army outpost
   nearby that is besieged by rebel fighters.
   There was no immediate comment by the government.
   Daraa is the cradle of the Syrian crisis, which began in March 2011 as
   peaceful protests and has evolved into a civil war that has left more
   than 100,000 people dead. The United Nations says the fighting has
   forced more than 2 million people to flee Syria and another 4.25
   million to leave their homes inside the country.
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