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Syria conflict: Suicide bomber targets Damascus courthouse
Source: BBC
3 minutes ago
Dozens of people have been killed or injured in a suicide bomb attack at the main court building in the Syrian capital Damascus, state media report.
State TV said a militant had blown himself up inside the Palace of Justice in the central Hamidiya district.
An AFP news agency journalist reported seeing ambulances and fire engines parked outside the building.
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.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39277179