Two explosions rocked Damascus on Friday, leaving a minimum of 10 people dead, as international concerns mount over Syria's deteriorating cease-fire.
One blast occurred near a mosque where anti-government protesters gather after Friday prayers. The govt. called it a suicide bombing orchestrated by "terrorists."
Earlier, there has been an explosion in a close-by industrial zone.
The violence came as thousands of protesters calling for President Bashar al-Assad's departure rallied in cities, including the flashpoints of Aleppo and Hama.
voaDeaths across Syria, as reported by Syrian Shuhada.International criticism continued Friday from the U.S., the ecu Union and a few U.N. officials who say Syria's has did not abide by terms of a peace plan brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan.
During a news conference in India, U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon said he was "gravely alarmed" over Syria's rising death toll no matter the government's repeated commitments to finish violence.
More U.N. monitors scheduled to reach in Syria.
Reuters news quotes a White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, as saying the usa is "disappointed" about Syria's failure to live as much as the peace plan and may continue to "ramp up international pressure" against Assad.
EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton expressed concern about Syria's failure to abide by the cease-fire.
Syria has said it would honor the truce and other elements of Annan's peace plan for the rustic, but will reply to attacks by foreign-backed "terrorists" whom, it says, are behind the 13-month opposition uprising. Â
Only a handful of U.N. monitors are currently inside the country as a part of the cease-fire deal. They deployed on Friday to hot spots of violence between government forces and rebels.
The U.N. estimates that greater than 9,000 people had been killed in Syria's crackdown at the uprising, while activist groups put the death toll at greater than 11,000.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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