At least 26 people were dead while several others were injured in a bomb blast in southern Syria on Friday.
The blast occurred outside the town of Sweida which killed Sheikh Wahid al-Balous, he was that one opposed the government and the rebels.
A separate blast that occurred around the same time in Sweida killed and wounded dozens of people, the Observatory said.
After the attack, dozens of people protested outside government buildings in the Sweida area, setting cars alight and destroying a statue in the town of former President Hafez al-Assad, father of President Bashar al-Assad, the Observatory said.
