Damascus cafe bombing kills 6, wounds 22, authorities say, testing Syria's new Islamist rulers as they seek stability after 13 years of war.
A bomb blast at a cafe in Damascus on Thursday killed six people and wounded 22, authorities said, in the latest challenge for Syria's Islamist leaders as they seek to stabilise the country after more than a decade of war.
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Explosion heard in Damascus, Syrian state media Al Ekhbariya reports. No details yet on cause, location, or casualties in the Syrian capital.
Syria's Al Ekhbariya reports an explosion heard in Damascus.
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Israeli forces demolish homes in southern Lebanon's Hadatha, NNA reports; explosions heard across nearby towns, no casualties immediately reported. Lebanon's Health Ministry says cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has risen to 4,298 dead and 12,196 injured. Aoun defends framework agreement with Israel as least costly path to withdrawal.
Israeli forces demolished several homes in the southern Lebanese border town of Hadatha in the Bint Jbeil district on Thursday, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported, with explosions heard across nearby towns and no casualties immediately reported. Separately, Lebanon's Health Ministry said the cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has risen to 4,298 with 12,196 injured, and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun defended a framework agreement with Israel as the least costly way to secure an Israeli withdrawal.
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