At least 10 die in blasts that killed prominent anti-Assad Druze cleric

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DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. September 4, 2015, 11:22 PM (IDT)

Two rare explosions went off Friday near a hospital in a Druze province in southern Syria, killing a prominent anti-government cleric and at least 10 others. Sheikh Wahid Balous was one of the strongest opponents of President Bashar Assad among the Druze minority sect that he belonged to. He died in the explosions that went off near the National Hospital in the predominantly Druze stronghold of Suweida.

The pro-government Sham FM Radio said two Druze clergymen were among the dead. DEBKAfile reports that Druze members went on a furious rampage after the attack, attacking and demolishing government installations in their region.

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