55 dead in Syria suicide blasts
More than 55 people have been killed and 372 wounded after two major blasts in the Syrian capital Damascus, the country's interior ministry has announced. It says the blasts were caused by two suicide car bombers.
Eyewitness account of blasts in Damascus
A eyewitness in Syria has told ITV News that the Syrian regime has been "blaming everything on terrorists". The witness who does want to be identified, said the Free Syrian army had made a statement to say that "they are not behind these explosions".
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