Bomb blasts in the Syrian capital Damascus, which have killed at least 55 people and wounded another 400, have drawn international condemnation.
The UN Security Council condemned the attacks and urged all sides to 'immediately and comprehensively' implement UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria.
Syrian officials blamed the car bombs near a military intelligence office on ‘foreign-backed terrorists’.
The Ministry of Interior said the attacks were perpetrated by suicide bombers, who drove cars laden with explosives near the government building, which houses one of the most notorious of the secret police organisations in the country and is infamous for interrogations and torture.
The opposition however accused the government of carrying out the attacks in order to discredit rebel groups fighting the regime.
The Syrian ambassador to the UN accused Arab and other countries of supplying and arming rebel groups and urged the UN to put an end to such activities.
A total of 105 observers are currently in the country, to try and implement a ceasefire that is supposed to be in place, however violence has continued unabated with Syrian forces again shelling Homs.
