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Syria conflict: Suicide bomber targets Damascus court complex | Syria conflict: Suicide bomber targets Damascus court complex |
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At least 25 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at the main court complex in the centre of the Syrian capital, Damascus, state media report. | |
One official said the bomber detonated an explosive vest after police tried to stop him entering the Palace of Justice, in the Hamidiyeh district. | |
No group has said yet that it carried out the attack. | |
But it comes on the sixth anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. | |
What began as an Arab Spring uprising against an autocratic ruler has mushroomed into a brutal proxy war that has drawn in regional and world powers. | What began as an Arab Spring uprising against an autocratic ruler has mushroomed into a brutal proxy war that has drawn in regional and world powers. |
Activists say more than 320,000 people have been killed and 11 million displaced. | Activists say more than 320,000 people have been killed and 11 million displaced. |
Wednesday's attack follows twin suicide bombings elsewhere in the capital on Saturday which killed at least 40 people, many of them Shia Muslim pilgrims from Iraq who had come to visit an ancient cemetery not far from the Old City. | Wednesday's attack follows twin suicide bombings elsewhere in the capital on Saturday which killed at least 40 people, many of them Shia Muslim pilgrims from Iraq who had come to visit an ancient cemetery not far from the Old City. |
The al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group, Tahrir al-Sham, said it was behind those blasts. | The al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group, Tahrir al-Sham, said it was behind those blasts. |