Suicide bomber kills 6 regime soldiers in Syria: Monitor

A suicide bomber killed six soldiers Saturday in the southern province of Daraa, in a rare deadly attack against the cradle of the uprising that sparked Syria's war, a monitor said.

The bomber, who was riding a motorcycle, blew himself up at a military checkpoint killing the six soldiers and wounding several other people, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Syria's state news agency SANA also reported a suicide bombing but said it happened during an "army raid" that targeted "terrorists", a term used by authorities to describe rebels and jihadists.

SANA said several soldiers were wounded when "a terrorist detonated an explosive belt during an army raid".

It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast, but pro-regime forces in Daraa province face explosions and gunfire on a near daily basis, although they are usually not deadly.

Earlier this month, an six soldiers were killed in an explosion that targeted an army convoy near Yadud village, some seven ...