A view shows debris in shop after a suicide bomb hit the central neighbourhood of Bab Touma in Damascus, a famous Christian quarter of the capital's Old City, June 27, 2013, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An explosion struck the Christian Bab Touma district in the Old City of Damascus on Thursday in what Syrian state television said was a suicide bombing. Opposition sources said it was a mortar attack.
It was the first major blast reported inside the walls of the Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage site that is one of the oldest cities in Middle East, dating back some 4,000 years.
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