Report: Car bomb in Syrian capital kills 17

A car bomb on a crowded residential street in the Syrian capital of Damascus killed 17 people and injured 14 others today, the country’s television reported.

A car packed with 440lb (200kg) of explosives blew up on Mahlak Street, located in a southern neighbourhood of the capital near the junction to the city’s international airport, TV reported. Anti-terror units were investigating, it said.