DAMASCUS: At least nine people were killed and 15 others wounded on Sunday when a suicide bombing struck an eastern district of Damascus, a monitor said.
"Nine were killed, among them civilians and soldiers, in the suicide bombing that hit Tahrir Square in Damascus," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP.
Earlier, Syrian state television reported that security forces intercepted three suicide car bombers on Sunday morning, blowing up two at the entrance to the city.
The third bomber was able to enter Damascus and blew himself up after being surrounded, causing several deaths and leaving a number of people wounded.
Further details were not immediately available.
