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A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency on May 3, 2015 shows a Syrian pro-government fighter keeping position in the village of Maydaa in rural Damascus. Syria's army cut the last main supply route for a rebel bastion east of Damascus, further tightening a crippling siege on the area, according to Syrian state media. Image Credit: AFP

Amman: A suicide bomber blew himself up on Monday in a central neighbourhood of the Syrian capital where major security compounds are housed, according to a Syrian army source.

The army source told state television the security forces had killed all the members of "a terrorist group" in the bustling Rukn Al Din district during a chase after a suicide bomber blew himself up.

The source did not say whether there were any casualties but a resident said the army had sealed off the main streets of the congested part of the capital adjacent to key government installations and embassies.