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Activists have called for mass protests across the country afterthe main weekly Muslim prayers, accusing the regime of PresidentBashar al-Assad of orchestrating the twin suicide car bombs thatkilled 55 people and wounded nearly 400 on Thursday. The bombings, the deadliest since an uprising against Assad'sregime broke out in March 2011, dealt a further blow to a month-oldUN-backed ceasefire that has failed to take hold. They also raised fears that extremist elements could be takingadvantage of the deadlock in Syria to stoke the unrest. World powers condemned the attack that targeted a militaryintelligence building and urged both sides to the conflict toadhere to the ceasefire brokered by UN-Arab League envoy KofiAnnan. The 15 UN Security Council members called on the regime and rebelsto "immediately and comprehensively" implement Annan's six-pointpeace plan, "in particular to cease all armed violence". UN leader Ban Ki-moon, who earlier this week warned of possiblecivil war if Annan's plan failed, also renewed a call for all sidesto cease violence and "to distance themselves from indiscriminatebombings and other terrorist acts." Syria's UN envoy meanwhile said British, French and Belgiannationals were among foreign fighters killed in the country'sescalating conflict and that there was Al-Qaeda involvement. The ambassador, Bashar Jaafari, told the Security Council that 12foreign fighters had been killed and 26 detained in recent clasheswith Syrian forces, "including one French citizen, one Britishcitizen, one Belgian citizen". He said a list of the 26 foreigners detained had been sent to Banand to the Security Council. Assad's embattled regime and the opposition traded accusations asto who was behind Thursday's attacks. The regime blamedforeign-backed "terrorists" while the main opposition group, theSyrian National Council, said the regime was resorting to"terrorism" to bury the Annan plan. "The regime is now trying to kill this plan, and by a new techniquewhich is terrorism," said , head of the SNC, while on a visit toJapan. "The regime has operated very closely with Al-Qaeda," he toldreporters, adding that the bombings marked a change in tactics. "We have to notice the timing of these bombings, the bombingsstarted almost as soon as the regime removed heavy forces from thecities, we think there is a connection," he said. Middle East expert Joshua Landis wrote on his blog that given thatlaw and order was breaking down in Syria, "we should expect thespread of radical groups." "The Syrian state, being one of the most intrusive and repressivein the Middle East, was able to thwart radical groups," he wrote."As its capabilities decline, so will its ability to keep suchgroups from penetrating Syrian society." The uprising in Syria began as a popular revolt but has turned intoan insurgency amid mounting calls to arm rebels seeking tooverthrow Assad. More than 12,000 people, the majority of them civilians, have diedsince the uprising began, according to the Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights, a monitoring group based in Britain. Of those, more than 900 have died since the April 12 truce wentinto effect, according to the watchdog. Neeraj Singh, spokesman for the UN observer mission overseeing theceasefire, said on Friday that 105 monitors had so far arrived inSyria out of an expected total of 300, and were deployed in variousflashpoints including central Homs and Idlib in the northwest. "Where we have our military observers on the ground, they have hada calming effect on the situation," Singh said. "At the same time,we have seen a worrying trend of improvised explosive devices beingused. "It is extremely important therefore that violence in all itsforms, from all sides, must stop.". We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Spray Booth Parts Manufacturer , Water Spray Booth Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Industrial Spray Booths.
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