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Suicide car bomber kills 15 in central Damascus

April 8, 2013 06:15
By Oliver Holmes and Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb killed at least 15 people and wounded 53 in the main business district of Damascus on Monday in what the Syrian prime minister said was a response to army gains against rebels around the capital. The bomb near a school in the Sabaa Bahrat district, which also houses the Central Bank and Finance Ministry, set cars ablaze and damaged buildings, state television footage showed.

Fierce battles in two Damascus districts

April 2, 2013 04:46
Fighting between Syria's rebels and loyalist troops raged in two Damascus neighbourhoods on Tuesday while shelling of a village near the capital left four members of a family dead, a watchdog said. "Fierce battles broke out in the Barzeh district of northern Damascus. Shelling in the area wounded five people and caused material damage," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a broad network of activists, doctors and lawyers for its reporting.

March 28, 2013 09:01
12 killed in Damascus University mortar attack: TV ser/dv

URGENT ¥¥¥ 12 killed in Damascus University mortar attack: TV

March 28, 2013 09:00
A mortar attack on Damascus University killed at least 12 students on Thursday, state television reported, blaming rebels. "The number of students killed in the mortar attack on the architecture faculty in Damascus University has risen to 12," said the broadcaster, blaming "terrorists" for the attack, using the regime term for insurgents. Previously, the television station had reported that several people were killed or wounded in the attack. ser/dv

URGENT ¥¥¥ Shelling on central Damascus square kills 1: Syria TV

March 25, 2013 05:01
At least person was killed and several more injured in shelling on the central Damascus Ummayad Square on Monday morning, Syrian state media reported. State television said one person had been killed and others wounded, while official news agency SANA said "initial information suggests six citizens were wounded by terrorist shelling... on Ummayad Square." rd-sah/bpz

Damascus mosque attack kills top cleric: Syria TV

March 21, 2013 14:31
A suicide bomber targeted a mosque in central Damascus on Thursday, killing a senior pro-regime Sunni cleric, Syrian television reported, with a watchdog saying at least 15 people were killed. "Senior cleric Dr Mohammed Saeed Ramadan al-Bouti was martyred in a terrorist suicide attack at the Iman Mosque in Mazraa in Damascus," the channel said, adding that there were reports of more dead and wounded.

March 21, 2013 14:16
At least 15 dead in Damascus mosque attack: watchdog kam-sah/srm

URGENT ¥¥¥ Damascus mosque attack kills top cleric: Syria TV

March 21, 2013 14:02
A suicide attack hit a Damascus mosque in the Mazraa neighbourhood of the capital on Thursday, just north of the city centre, killing a senior pro-regime Sunni cleric, Syrian state television reported. "Senior cleric Dr Mohammed Saeed Ramadan al-Bouti was martyred in a terrorist suicide attack at the Iman Mosque in Mazraa in Damascus," the channel said, adding that there were reports of more dead and wounded. kam-sah/srm

Residents flee shelling in Damascus district: NGO

March 16, 2013 09:00
Syrian regime forces pounded parts of Damascus during the night, sending residents fleeing from the northern Barzeh district, as fighting also raged in the northern city of Aleppo, a watchdog said Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime shelling continued on Saturday and also affected the Palestinian Yarmuk refugee camp along with the Jubar, Barzeh and Qaboon neighbourhoods of Damascus. The shelling was particularly fierce in Barzeh, the watchdog said, adding that snipers were deployed in the district as residents were reported fleeing the area.

At least three killed in Damascus mortar attack: SANA

March 11, 2013 13:16
At least three civilians were killed and 28 others wounded on Monday when mortar shells slammed into a neighbourhood in southern Damascus, Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported. "A mortar shell fired by terrorists fell behind a shop on Duwaliya road, killing three civilians and wounding 28 others," SANA said, adding that another shell slammed into nearby Bab Sharqi district causing further casualties. A third shell struck a house in the same district.
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