According to the Syrian officials, this is what a tyre explosion or a gas explosion looks like, which came coincident with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili visit to Syria . Things you need to know about today’s explosion in Damascus are:
- The incident happened in Al-Sayyida Zeinab, a religious neighborhood in Damascus with a famous shrine of Al-Sayyida Zeinab. With many (if not all) Iraqi refugees live there, many connected the explosion with last Maliki’s threats to Syria.
- An hour after the explosion, Israeli websites reported that 20 people killed in the explosion. Later, news agencies reported that only 3 people killed in the explosion.