Syrian Prime
Minister Wael al-Halaqi has survived a car bomb attack in the capital,
Damascus, reports say.
The blast in
western Mazzeh district targeted Mr Halaqi's convoy, state television said.
There are reported to be a number of casualties.
UK-based
activist group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Mr Halaqi's bodyguard
had been killed, AFP news agency reported.
The blast is
believed to have been a suicide attack.
Syrian state
television said the explosion happened at a busy intersection. A picture which
activists said was of the scene after the attack showed a large plume of black
smoke rising into the air near a road and a high-rise building.
Activist
groups said a bus and a car had been set on fire.
Mezzeh is a
government-controlled quarter housing a military airport which is vital to the
regime's defences.
Syrian forces
and rebels have been fighting around Damascus for months but with neither side
gaining an upper hand.
Monday's
attack is the latest bombing inside government-controlled areas.
Late last
year there was a suicide bomb attack on the interior ministry. The state media
said top officials had escaped unhurt, but it later emerged that the minister
himself had been badly injured.
Sources :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22335430
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