[An Nahar] A roadside kaboom killed 15 detainees being transported in a Syrian prison truck in Idlib province in the northwest on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said."15 prisoners were killed in the kaboom which targeted a prison truck on the road between Idlib town and the village of Mastumeh," the Britannia-based group's chairman, Rami Abdul Rahman, told Agence La Belle France Presse by telephone.
Syrian dissidents killed 9 troops during festivities in Maarat al-Noman in Idlib, according to the Syrian Observatory.
Coordination Committees said that "the number of deaders on Saturday rose to 50 after a massive grave was discovered including 30 unidentified people, two people killed in Douma in Reef Damascus
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, a person in Deir al-Zour, and 3 citizens in Homs, in addition to the 15 detainees."
A number of security personnel accompanying the prisoners were maimed, Abdel Rahman said, without being able to provide details.
Syria's official SANA news agency blamed on an "armed terrorist group.
Separately, the Observatory reported that a member of the security forces was killed in fighting between dissidents and soldiers at Kfarnabl, in the Zawiya mountains of Idlib province, with troops using heavy machineguns.
It also said security forces had locked away seven people Saturday, including four members of the same family, in Iblin village.
Syrian army deserters on Saturday seized control of the town of Douma just northeast of Damascus after fierce fighting, according to the Syrian Observatory.
"Groups of deserters took control of all districts in the town of Douma, near Damascus, after fierce fighting on Saturday with Syrian security forces," the Observatory's chief told AFP.
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estimates that more than 5,400 people have been killed in Syria since anti-regime demonstrations erupted in March.