A large explosion hit Mazzeh region in Damascus on Sunday leaving only material damage, in a terrorist attempt, the Syrian television indicated, to target Mazzeh military airport, Al-Manar correspondent reported.

A large explosion hit Mazzeh region in Damascus on Sunday leaving only material damage, in a terrorist attempt, the Syrian television indicated, to target Mazzeh military airport, Al-Manar correspondent reported.

Despitive its massiveness, the damages which resulted from the explosion were minor, according to media reports.

On another hand, the so-called “Syrian Observatory” said that an exploaion which targeted “an army checkpoint near a military airport in Damascus left at least 20 soldiers wounded, there are also some dead but we don't know how many.”

The Britain-based group added that “the explosion was heard in several neighborhoods in the capital and flames were visible from a distance.”