Heavy explosions rock Damascus [View all]
Source: aljazeera
Syrian state television has reported that a series of heavy explosions in the capital were caused by Israeli rocket strikes.
State television said the blasts early Sunday morning targeted a military research centre on the outskirts of the capital. The research centre in Jamraya was the target of an earlier Israeli strike in January.
"The new Israeli attack is an attempt to raise the morale of the terrorist groups which have been reeling from strikes by our noble army," Syrian television said, referring to recent offensives by the forces of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, against the armed opposition.
Video footageuploaded onto the Internet by activists showed a huge ball of fire rising into the night sky.
A Damascus resident described the blasts to Al Jazeera, saying they felt like "an earthquake" and "unprecedented".
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and some twitter reports claim that ambulances are racing to the Presidental compounds.
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