In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, two injured Syrian men who were wounded after two bombs exploded at Qazaz neighborhood, react at a hospital in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday May 10, 2012. Two strong explosions ripped through the Syrian capital Thursday, killing or wounding dozens of people and leaving scenes of carnage in the streets in an assault against a center of government power. AP PHOTO/SANA)
DAMASCUS—More than 40 people were killed and 170 wounded in two powerful blasts that rocked the Syrian capital during morning rush hour on Thursday, state television reported.
The blasts took place in front of a nine-storey security building, the facade of which was destroyed along with residential buildings nearby, according to an AFP correspondent at the site.