Car bombs kill 34 in Syria suburb

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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 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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