(VOVworld)-A car bomb explosion killed at least 40 people, including 7 children, and wounded dozens more near a mosque in the Damascus province town of Suq Wadi Barada on Friday.
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The car exploded near the Osama Bin Zeid mosque, which is controlled by rebels. Troops loyal to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad are trying to regain control of the area. State news agency SANA blamed terrorists, but anti-regime activists blamed government loyalists for the blast.
Earlier, the Syrian state television said Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, the leader of the al-Nusra Front, a group affiliated with al-Qaida, was killed in coastal Latakia province. However, Syria's jihadist al-Nusra Front said in a statement that its leader was in good health, after state television had reported his death.