Report: Car bomb explodes in Damascus, no casualties

State news agency SANA said the bomb exploded in the al-Adawi neighborhood.

By REUTERS
Updated: JANUARY 24, 2019 15:21
A boy plays with a ball in front of damaged buildings during Eid al-Fitr celebration in the rebel-held besieged Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria June 26, 2017. (photo credit: REUTERS/BASSAM KHABIEH)
A boy plays with a ball in front of damaged buildings during Eid al-Fitr celebration in the rebel-held besieged Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria June 26, 2017.
(photo credit: REUTERS/BASSAM KHABIEH)
A car bomb exploded in Syria's capital Damascus on Thursday causing damages but no casualties, state media said, the third such blast in a city under government control this week.
State news agency SANA said the bomb exploded in the al-Adawi neighborhood near the Russian embassy.
A car bomb detonated in the coastal city of Latakia on Tuesday killing one person and wounding 14, state media reported. On Sunday, a bomb exploded near a highway at the edge of Damascus and authorities arrested one attacker.
Syria's war has killed hundreds of thousands of people, forced more than half its prewar population from their homes and dragged in global powers.
Though President Bashar al-Assad has regained control over most of Syria with Russian and Iranian help, attackers have struck in cities he controls with suicide blasts and car bombs.