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Tieng Anh Vui
A large explosion has shaken a suburb of Damascus with a majority Christian population, Syria's state-run news agency has reported.
Details are unclear but first reports say there are dead and injured.
Sana news agency said the attack took place at the entrance to the pro-government suburb of Jaramana.
Earlier, the US urged the Syrian government to allow aid to reach starving civilians cut off in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.
Washington said the army's months-long siege left many people in desperate need of food, water and medicine.
Rebels have previously targeted Jaramana - a Christian and Druze area mostly loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, with bombings and mortar rounds.
In August a car bomb in Jaramana killed 18 people.
Syria's embattled President Assad has drawn support from Syria's ethnic and religious minorities, including Christians and members of his Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam.
The rebel movement is dominated by Sunni Muslims, who are a majority in Syria.
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