Spate of Syrian blasts kill at least 83 A spate of car bombings in Syria's capital has killed at least 83 people, activists say. A SPATE of car bombings in Syria's capital has killed at least 83 people, including more than 60 in an attack near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party, activists say. The most lethal attack, in central Damascus, was by a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives-laden car near the entrance of the Baath party's main offices, said the opposition British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The majority of the 61 people who died in the powerful blast were civilians, including many children from a nearby school, the Observatory said on Friday, adding 17 were members of the security forces. The attack was the deadliest in Damascus since bombers first began targeting the city about a year ago. Twin suicide bombings killed 55 people in the Syrian capital on May 10, 2012. Another 22 people were killed in an apparently co-ordinated triple bombing targeting security headquarters in the northern Damascus district of Barzeh on Thursday, including 19 members of the forces, said the Observatory.