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Car bomb kills 50 in Syria as air strikes pound rebels

AFP – Syrian rebels launched a devastating car bomb attack Monday that killed 50 pro-regime fighters, a watchdog said, as air strikes pounded rebel positions and the opposition held talks on an overhaul. The suicide car bomb attack on a military post in the central province of Hama struck early Monday.

More than 30 people were killed in a 24-hour period in a Palestinian refugee camp south of the Syrian capital Damascus amid fierce clashes between the army and rebels, Palestinian sources said on Monday. Seven people were killed Monday when a mortar landed on a mini-bus traveling along the western road.