Explosion kills several in central Damascus

Syrian policemen and security forces gather at the site of a suicide attack in Damascus. AFP

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • In Syria, several people have been killed in an explosion in a busy market in central Damascus.
  • In Iraq, the army recaptures territory from Daesh terrorists which links the recently recaptured city of Ramadi to a major army base in western Iraq.
  • A senior Iranian official tells an international anti-terrorism conference in Tehran that the most effective way to tackle Daesh is to choke off its funding.
  • Yemeni army and Ansarullah fighters intensify reprisal attacks on Saudi Arabia. The fighters fire a ballistic missile at the Jizan airport south of the kingdom.
  • Spain’s Princess Cristina arrives in court along with 17 others as their testimony begins to be heard in a tax fraud and embezzlement case.

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