file photo: bombing in Syria
A bomb has exploded in a central district of Damascus, the Syrian capital, killing at least eight people.
Official news agency SANA says the bomb detonated at the entrance of a building near central Hijaz square at midday on Wednesday.
Eight people were killed and at least 50 were wounded in the blast, it added.
Unnamed officials were quoted as blaming “terrorists” for the attack, a term used by President Bashar al-Assad’s government to refer to the rebels fighting to overthrow him.
In a similar incident southeast of the capital, state-run Al Ikhbariya TV said an explosion went off in the city of Sweidah, causing a number of casualties. It did not give a number. If confirmed, it would be the first attack targeting a predominantly Druse city.
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