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.
UN Secretary-General 'strongly condemns' bomb attacks in Syria
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has "strongly condemned" two suicide car bombings in Syria and called on all sides to cease armed violence and distance themselves from "indiscriminate bombings and other terrorist attacks."
His spokesman said:
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