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Syrian prime minister Wael Nader al Halqi was reportedly unhurt after a bomb blast targeted his convoy in Damascus.

Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halqi survived an attempted bombing assassination in central Damascus on Monday. The explosion, believed to be a suicide bombing, took place near a school in a southwestern district of Damascus.

State-run TV reported that the blast went off near a school in the capital’s western neighbourhood of Mazzeh.

It said: “The terrorist explosion in al Mazzeh was an attempt to target the convoy of the prime minister.

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“Doctor Wael al Halqi is well and not hurt at all.”

Mazzeh is where many government and military institutions are situated and where senior Syrian officials live.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the assassination attempt killed one of the prime minister’s bodyguards. His driver and a second bodyguard were also seriously injured.

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Damascus has been hit by a string of bomb blasts in recent months that has left hundreds of people dead or wounded.

The Syrian government blames Muslim extremists trying to overthrow President Bashar al Assad for the attacks.

In July last year, an explosion at the Syrian national security building in the capital during a meeting of Cabinet ministers killed the defence minister and his deputy – Assad’s brother-in-law.

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