Fifty killed in two car bomb attack in Damascus

At least 54 people were killed and dozens injured (all civilians) in a double attack "terrorist" in the main square Yarmana suburb, southeast of Damascus, as reported by the official Syrian news agency, Sana. The agency said that according to initial reports, the blasts also caused serious damage to the area. The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the information and said that they are two car bombs. The attacks were nearly simultaneous Yarmana, southeast of the Syrian capital, where the population is mostly Druze and Christian . For now, the official media have offered a number of casualties, although they have reported the attack, they have described as "terrorist." The pro-government television channel Al Dunnia noted that there are two car bombs were loaded with large amounts of explosives. The chain said that this double attack coincided with the explosion of two bombs in the neighborhoods of Al Nahda and Al Qariat, Yarmana also, but did not say if there were casualties. Violence has intensified in Syria amid paralysis of mediation efforts, which have failed to end a conflict that began in March 2011 and has resulted in a civil war.