AFP,BEIRUT:  A suicide car bombing killed nine people yesterday at a police officer’s club in the Syrian capital, a monitor said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 20 people were also wounded in the Damascus blast, adding that policemen were among the dead and injured.
The monitor said the suicide bomber had been wearing a police uniform, a tactic used in the past by IS.
The jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement circulated on social media.