Four people were killed and another eight were wounded in a blast near a Christian church in Damascus.

Suicide bomber blew himself up outside Dar al-Ihsan charity in Tale' al-Fidda Street on Thursday, SANA reported. The suicide bomber was standing in a group of citizens who were receiving medical services at the charity. The shops and other surrounding building were damaged.

According to preliminary information obtained by Armenian News-NEWS.am, it was not an Armenian church.