Damascus Bomb Kills 25 As Regime Suffers High Level Defection -- The Telegraph
At least 25 people were reportedly killed or wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus, the second such attack on the Syrian capital in a fortnight.
The bomb was detonated at a set of traffic lights in the historic district of al-Midan, just south of Damascus's ancient walled city, state television reported.
Video footage indicated that a police bus had borne the brunt of the blast. Reduced to a shell, its seats were soaked in blood and covered in shards of glass.
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MIDDLE EAST
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