A car bomb has exploded in the centre of Syria’s capital Damascus, killing at least 15 people and wounding 53, state media report.
The blast happened in a busy residential and commercial area, close to schools and Syria’s central bank.
Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen rising over the area as emergency services raced to the scene.
At least 70,000 people have died since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began just over two years ago.
Meanwhile UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that an inspection team was in Cyprus waiting for permission to enter Syria to investigate reports of chemical weapon attacks during the conflict.
Speaking in The Hague, he said such reports “should be examined without delay, without conditions and without exceptions” but explained that the UN was still in “technical and legal” negotiations with Mr Assad’s government over the team’s deployment.
‘Ground shook’
Syrian state media said a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives between Sabaa Bahrat Square and Shahbander street, a busy area of Damascus that is home to the country’s central bank, the finance ministry, a state-run investment agency, mosques and schools.
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