Blasts Hit Military Complex in Damascus

Powerful explosions shook a military administration building on Tuesday in the Syrian capital Damascus, causing casualties, Syrian Observatory of Human Rights watchdog reported.

"The bombs exploded on Tuesday morning in the headquarters of the administration that manages schools for the children of martyred soldiers," at the start of the Damascus airport road, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told Agence France Presse.

"The explosions were so powerful that the walls collapsed," he said.

Arab satellite channels had reported a strong blast at the Palestine Branch of Syrian Intelligence in Damascus, killing dozens of people including senior officers.

An Islamist group calling itself the Prophet’s Grandchildren Brigades claimed the attack, the reports said.

But Abdel Rahman said: "There was no explosion at the Palestine Branch."