Explosions In Damascus

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  Loud Explosions Heard In Damascus As Israel Carries Air Strikes In Syria

  Israel has carried out "about 250 air strikes on Syrian territory" over the last 48 hours to destroy the former regime's military capabilities, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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  2 Killed After Israeli Strike on "Civilian Car" In Damascus: Syria

  Syria's defence ministry said two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle on Monday afternoon in the Mazzeh district of Damascus, home to embassies and security headquarters.

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  Video: Israel's Iron Dome Intercepts Swarm Of Iranian Missiles

  Iran late on Saturday launched a barrage of explosive drones and missiles directly targeting Israeli territory, in response to the bombing of Iran's embassy in Syria's capital Damascus earlier this month.

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  Explosions Hit Damascus Military Airport: Report

  A series of explosions ripped through a military airport on the western outskirts of Damascus overnight Friday, Syrian state TV reported.

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  Blasts Hit Government-Held And Kurdish Parts Of Syria: State Media

  Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media and a monitor said.

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  Clashes, Explosions as Islamic State Seeks Expansion in North Syria: Monitor

  Two car bombs and heavy clashes rocked a strategic city in northern Syria on Tuesday night as Islamic State militants sought to expand their reach, a monitor said.

• Air raids kill at least 37 in Syria's Aleppo

  Syrian government aircraft dropped barrels packed with explosives on opposition-held areas of the contested northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, levelling buildings, incinerating cars and killing at least 37 people including 16 children, activists said.

• Two car bombs explode in central Damascus: SANA

  Two cars laden with explosives and driven by suicide bombers blew up in the centre of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday night, state media reported.

• Sensex crashes 700 points on Syria missile attack scare, Re falls to 67.63

  The sharp selloff came minutes after reports said the Russian defence ministry had detected two ballistic "objects" fired towards the eastern Mediterranean. The Russian embassy in Syria later said there were no signs of a missile attack or explosions in Damascus, but by then the damage had been done.

• Explosion hits military airport in Damascus: reports

  A huge explosion shook the Mezze military airport on the western edge of Damascus on Sunday, and ambulances were seen heading to the compound, a major base for President Bashar al-Assad's elite forces, activists said.

• 14 killed in twin suicide bomb attack in central Damascus: reports

  At least 14 people were killed when twin explosions caused by suicide bomb attackers struck near a police station in Damascus today, state television said, updating its earlier toll.

• Damascus car bomb kills at least three: state TV

  A car bomb exploded in a northern district of the Syrian capital on Saturday killing at least three people and wounding five others, state television reported.

• Damascus mosque blast kills 42 including senior Syrian imam

  An explosion at a mosque in the Syrian capital on Thursday killed at least 42 people, including a senior pro-government Muslim cleric, and wounded 84, the Syrian health ministry said.

• Three bombs target Syrian Interior Ministry

  A car bomb and two other explosives went off at the main gate of the Syrian Interior Ministry in Damascus on Wednesday, causing some deaths, state television said.

• Blast hits Syrian Red Crescent HQ in capital: report

  An explosion in front of the Damascus headquarters for the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) killed at least one person on Thursday, Syrian state television said.