(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121128-syriaJaramana-hmed-238p.photoblog600.jpg)Hopd / APIn this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian soldier, right, and citizens gather at an alley that was destroyed by two cars bombs, at Jaramana neighborhood, in the suburb of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.By ReutersTwo car bombs killed at least 34 people in a district of Damascus loyal to President Bashar Assad on Wednesday in the deadliest attack on the Syrian capital in months.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) The explosions struck the eastern neighborhood of Jaramana, home to many of Syria's Druze minority as well as Christians who have fled violence elsewhere, ripping through shops and bringing debris crashing down on cars.
Once a bastion of security in Assad's 20-month campaign to crush an uprising against his rule, Damascus has been hit with increasing regularity as the rebels grow bolder.
State media said a bomb also detonated in the southern town of Bosra al-Sham, near Deraa, where the revolt began with peaceful street protests in March 2011. It also said eight "terrorists" were killed near Damascus while they tried to booby-trap a car with a bomb.
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