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Explosion hits Damascus residential area

DAMASCUS
Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:10pm EST

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - An explosion tore through a residential area in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, but it was not immediately clear if it caused any casualties.

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Security officials at the scene refused to comment.

Witnesses saw a mangled white car being towed away by police who cordoned off the area, which houses an Iranian school, a police station and a main Syrian intelligence office.

No further details on the explosion were immediately available. It was not clear what caused the blast.



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