An explosion occurred on the southern ring road on the outskirts of Damascus, AlJazeera reported.
According to Syrian state TV, the Sunday morning blast appears to have been "a terrorist act”.
"The explosion took place near a security branch in the south of the city. There are some people killed and injured but we could not verify the toll immediately," the monitor said in a statement.
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