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| Large explosion rocks Syrian capital Damascus | Large explosion rocks Syrian capital Damascus |
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| A large explosion has struck the Syrian capital Damascus sending smoke billowing across the capital's skyline. | A large explosion has struck the Syrian capital Damascus sending smoke billowing across the capital's skyline. |
| Police and witnesses said it was a car bomb which went off near headquarters of the ruling Baath party. | |
| State media are blaming "terrorists" for the explosion, which they say caused casualties. | State media are blaming "terrorists" for the explosion, which they say caused casualties. |
| Ambulances rushed to the scene in the central Mazraa neighbourhood and surrounding roads are reported to have been closed off to traffic. | |
| Those wounded included four children, state TV reportedly said. | |
| The violence comes as the opposition Syrian National Coalition is due to begin a two-day meeting in Egypt to discuss a framework for a possible solution to the Syrian war. | |
| Russia and the Arab League also say they want to broker direct talks between the Syrian government and opposition. | |
| Some 70,000 people have died since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011, the UN says. |