A car bomb has killed at least 15 people in the Syrian city of Homs, the state-run Sana news agency reports.
At least 24 people were wounded in the blast which damaged homes in Al-Hamra district, Sana said. Video footage posted online showed flames and smoke.
Meanwhile the army is continuing to batter rebel-held districts of Damascus with airstrikes and heavy artillery.
Activists say about 40,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Assad began in March 2011.
Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, has been a major battleground in the 20-month uprising.
On Sunday Sana reported a “terrorist bombing carried out with a booby trapped bomb” near a mosque in al-Hamra district.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group that monitors the violence, said the death toll could increase as many of the wounded were in a critical condition.
In Damascus the army pounded the district Kafr Sousa, in a attempt to stop rebel forces from reaching the capital, activists said.
On Saturday internet services around Damascus resumed after a two-day blackout, as violence near the city intensified.
Elsewhere, the Syrian army launched air strikes on the northern city of Aleppo, the Observatory said.
The Syrian government blames the uprising on foreign-backed militant groups.
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