A CAR bomb has exploded in the Syrian city of Aleppo just a day after the capital Damascus was rocked by a series of blasts.
The latest attack, which killed two people and damaged residential buildings behind a post office in the al-Suleimaniya district, was described as a "terrorist" explosion by Syrian television channel, al-Ikhbariva.
Aleppo resident Mohammed Saeed said the car bomb went off around 1pm local time. He described how security forces started shooting in the air and cordoned off the area for the safety of the public.
At that time of day, the area is usually crowded with people, especially on a Sunday, the first day of Syria's workweek, he added.
Other residents told the British-based Observatory for Human Rights that they saw bodies in the streets and reported a heavy blast.
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State-run news agency SANA reported that two people were killed and 30 wounded.
The explosion follows a day of bloodshed yesterday in which three car bombs in Damascus killed 27 people and wounded at least 100.
The government blamed those on the opposition, which it claims is made up of "terrorist" groups carrying out a foreign conspiracy.
The explosions struck the heavily fortified air force intelligence building and the criminal security department, several miles apart, at approximately the same time, the Interior Ministry said.
SANA said a third blast went off near a military bus at the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in Damascus, killing the two suicide bombers.
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Nobody has claimed responsibility for any of the weekend’s explosions with activists and the government trading blame.