Syrian civilians, troops killed in car bomb blasts

A number of civilians as well as troops have been killed in two car bomb attacks in Al-Qasaa and Duwar al- Jamarek areas in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syria’s state TV says. One bomb planted in a car went off outside the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Headquarters and another explosion hit a security police building in Damascus, according to the Syrian state TV. “Terrorists” have been blamed by the Syrian state TV for the blasts, but no further details have been released yet. This is not the first time that the Syrian cities have been targeted by bomb attacks. Bombings in Damascus and other cities in the past few months have left scores of people dead.