Syria, Capital: 11 People Killed In Apparently Coordinated Blasts.
At Least 10 People Have Been Killed In Apparently Coordinated Blasts In The Capital Of Syria.
A car bomb went off near a police station in Damascus' al-Midan neighbourhood on Monday, shortly before two suicide bombers detonated their explosive belts, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
The 11 dead included police officers and civilians, the SOHR said, adding that the attack also caused injuries.
Syrian state TV blamed two suicide bombers for a "terrorist explosion" in al-Midan area while the pro-government Al Mayadeen TV channel said four fighters carried out the attack, killing more than 10 people.
The fighters targeted the police station in al-Midan and clashed with police officers there, Mohammad al-Shaar, Syria's interior minister, said in comments broadcast by state television from the police station.
One attacker blew himself up at the main entrance, and another detonated his explosive device on the first floor, he said.
Footage broadcast by state TV showed bodies wrapped in shrouds at the scene and firefighters putting out flames.
Previous suicide attacks in Damascus have been claimed by both the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and theHayet Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) alliance, which is led by the group formerly known as al-Nusra Front.
Monday's attack came a day after SOHR said September was the deadliest month of the conflict this year, with at least 3,000 people, including 955 civilians, killed.
"More than 70 percent of the civilians were killed in regime and Russian air raids, or in air raids of the international coalition" battling ISIL, also known as ISIS, according to Rami Abdel Rahman, SOHR head.
At Least 10 People Have Been Killed In Apparently Coordinated Blasts In The Capital Of Syria.
A car bomb went off near a police station in Damascus' al-Midan neighbourhood on Monday, shortly before two suicide bombers detonated their explosive belts, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
The 11 dead included police officers and civilians, the SOHR said, adding that the attack also caused injuries.
Syrian state TV blamed two suicide bombers for a "terrorist explosion" in al-Midan area while the pro-government Al Mayadeen TV channel said four fighters carried out the attack, killing more than 10 people.
The fighters targeted the police station in al-Midan and clashed with police officers there, Mohammad al-Shaar, Syria's interior minister, said in comments broadcast by state television from the police station.
One attacker blew himself up at the main entrance, and another detonated his explosive device on the first floor, he said.
Footage broadcast by state TV showed bodies wrapped in shrouds at the scene and firefighters putting out flames.
Previous suicide attacks in Damascus have been claimed by both the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and theHayet Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) alliance, which is led by the group formerly known as al-Nusra Front.
Monday's attack came a day after SOHR said September was the deadliest month of the conflict this year, with at least 3,000 people, including 955 civilians, killed.
"More than 70 percent of the civilians were killed in regime and Russian air raids, or in air raids of the international coalition" battling ISIL, also known as ISIS, according to Rami Abdel Rahman, SOHR head.
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