Deadly suicide bombing kills at least seven in Damascus </s> Video: Deadly suicide bombing kills at least seven in Damascus

At least seven people were killed as three car bombs target Damascus. Sadiya Chowdhury reports. </s> At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in an attack by two suicide bombers in Damascus on Saturday, Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV reported, in an attack the Syrian Observatory said targeted Shia pilgrims.

The attack took place near the Old City of Damascus. Al-Mayadeen, a Lebanon-based TV station, said the bombings targeted buses transporting pilgrims to the Bab al-Saghir cemetery near one of the seven gates of the Old City of Damascus.

Syrian state news agency SANA said the attack had caused fatalities but gave no toll. It said the explosions were caused by “two terrorist bombs”. </s> BEIRUT: At least 25 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days.

The attack targeted the Palace of Justice in central Damascus not far from the Old City. State news agency SANA said there were a "number of wounded" in addition to the initial death toll of 25.

The bomber set off his explosive device after the police tried to stop him from entering the building, Ahmed al-Sayyid, a senior state legal official told al-Ikhbariya TV.

No further details were immediately available.

On Saturday, scores of people, most of them Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims, were killed in a double suicide attack in Damascus claimed by an alliance of jihadist groups known as Tahrir al-Sham. </s> Damascus: Several people were killed and others wounded on Sunday when a suicide bombing struck an eastern district of Damascus, Syrian state television reported.

It said security forces intercepted three suicide car bombers on Sunday morning, blowing up two at the entrance to the city.

The third 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. </s> DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and 13 more wounded in a suicide attack in Damascus on Sunday, a police officer said.

The attack was one of three car bombings in Damascus on Sunday. State media said the other two were destroyed by the authorities. </s> Syrian state TV says at least 8 killed, 12 wounded in Damascus blasts (UPDATE)

10:21 (GMT+4) Syrian state TV says at least 8 killed, 12 wounded in Damascus blasts, AP reported.

10:21 (GMT+4) A suicide bomber blew himself up in Tahrir square in central Damascus on Sunday, killing and wounding a number of people, Reuters reported.

The bomber was in one of three car bombs that had been pursued by the authorities. The two other car bombs were destroyed in a separate location in western Damascus, state TV reported. </s> At least 25 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at the main judicial building in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to state media.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives' vest inside the Justice Palace on Wednesday, SANA news agency said, adding that another 25 people were wounded in the attack.

A second blast in the capital was reported shortly after the first. Breaking news on state television said a suicide bomber had detonated himself at a restaurant in the Rabweh area of Damascus and that a number of people had been killed and wounded.

There was no immediate claim for the bombing, which came as the country's civil war entered its seventh year. </s> Transcript for Deadly twin bomb attacks in Syria kill at least 40 people

And overseas tonight, the deadly twin bomb attacks in Syria, explosions ripping through the center of Damascus, at least 40 people killed. 120 wounded. The attacks targeting holy sites. Here's Jennifer Eccleston. Reporter: The bloody debris from the blasts litter the streets of Damascus. Buses riddled with shrapnel, a mangled wheelchair among the wreckage. The attackers striking Shiite tourists from Iraq, visiting a holy site. At least 40 are dead. More than 100 injured. This Iraqi lucky to be alive. "We finished the visit and then the explosions happened," he says. People near me were all killed. No one has yet to claim responsibility. But ISIS has attacked shia -- Shiite she rinse in the Syrian capital before. More than 60 people died in a bombing last year. Damascus is Syrian president bashar Al Assad's power base. These attacks may only serve to further embolden terrorist organizations in the region, Rebecca. Jennifer, thank you.
Three suicide bombers in Damascus kill at least 21 people and wound 12 others.