A car bomb killed at least 18 people in a southern town of Syria on Friday.

A car bomb killed at least 18 people in a southern town of Syria on Friday, the UK-based and funded 'Syrian Observatory for Human Rights' reported.

The bomb went off near a mosque in the town of al-Yadouda near the border with Jordan, Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Observatory, said by phone.

Car bombs are commonly deployed as a weapon in the three-year old Syrian conflict.

No one claimed responsibility, however the opposition and Takfiri militiamen become experts in planning and carrying out such attacks against the Syrian people.

The Observatory said earlier this week that since peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders began in Geneva some three weeks ago, Syrians had died at the fastest rate since the country's conflict erupted.