Bomb hits Syrian state TV in Damascus - report

PanARMENIAN.Net - A bomb has exploded on the third floor of the Syrian state TV and radio building in the capital, Damascus, Syrian television reports, according to BBC News.

Three people have been wounded, the reports say.

State TV continued broadcasting and pro-government TV channel al-Ikhbariya showed pictures of staff looking after an injured colleague.

In June, gunmen attacked the offices of al-Ikhbariya TV, south of Damascus, killing seven people.

State television is based at Umawiyeen Square in central Damascus.

A BBC Arabic reporter in the capital said the explosion had "ripped the floor" but had left the transmission of the three Syrian channels unaffected.

Rebel forces took over several areas of Damascus in recent weeks, but the army has since regained control of the city.

More than 20,000 troops are also aiming to wrest control of Syria's second city, Aleppo, from the rebels.

Having surrounded the country's commercial capital, tanks have tried to push into two key rebel-held areas, Salah al-Din and Saif al-Dawla, which lie on the main road into the city.