Explosions rock Damascus military airport
(CNN) -- Two bombs struck a large military airport outside the
Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday night, the main rebel army said, with the
explosions heard throughout the city.
The first explosion was near a
checkpoint near the main door of the al-Mazzeh airport, and the second was near
an exterior wall, said Louay Mikdad, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army.
It wasn't immediately clear who was
behind the blasts.
Source: CNN
CNN's Fred Pleitgen in Damascus saw one
of the explosions and described a white flash followed by a large plume of
smoke and fire.
It was not known how many people were
hurt, but Mikdad said witnesses told of "many ambulances" taking away
the wounded.
After the explosions, mortar bombs were
fired from inside the airport into surrounding neighborhoods, Mikdad said. The
targets weren't known.
Besides the military airport, the
al-Mazzeh area is home to embassies, security buildings and the homes of some
members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle, according to
opposition activists.
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