[Iran Press TV] At least 60 people have been killed in three separate terrorist attacks on the Syrian capital Damascus and the western city of Homs as foreign-backed faceless myrmidons are stepping up their deadly attacks against Syrians ahead of June 3 presidential election.On Tuesday, a boom-mobile and a rocket attack in the city of Homs, located 162 kilometers (101 miles) north of the capital Damascus, claimed at least 45 lives and maimed scores of others.
A Syrian government official, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, said the kaboom took place in the district of Zahra.
In Damascus, several mortar shells slammed into Shaghour neighborhood in the morning hours, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more.
No one immediately grabbed credit for the Homs and Damascus attacks. Syria's state media said the attacks were launched by foreign-sponsored faceless myrmidons fighting against the Damascus government.
Foreign-backed faceless myrmidons regularly fire mortar shells and rockets into the heart of Damascus, often killing civilians. Terrorist groups have also attacked Syria's cities with boom-mobiles in the past months.
Tuesday attacks came a day after
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators...
formally submitted his nomination to seek a third term in office in an election due to be held on June 3.
Syria's foreign-backed opposition and the West have criticized the balloting, saying it would only exacerbate the Syrian conflict.
On April 26, Syria dismissed Western and opposition accusations regarding the presidential vote, saying that it is planning a free and transparent election.