Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Tuesday’s suicide bombing central Damascus

Al-Qaeda main branch In Syria claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s suicide bombing in central Damascus, Jabhat al-Nusrah has confirmed in statement posted online.

Activists reported 4 people have been killed and 17 others have been wounded on Tuesday after a suicide bomber from ‘Nusrah Front’ blew himself up at the entrance of 205 military base.

State television reported that “A terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up in the Jebbeh district of the Jisr al-Abyad neighborhood, causing deaths and injuries.”

 The first suicide bombing in Damascus carried out near the National Security office,  Gen. Ali Mamlouk's headquarters and very close the Foreign Intelligence Department which headed by General Hafez Makhlouf, Bashar al-Assad's cousin.  

Suicide bombings have repeatedly targeted the capital in the 33-month conflict which has pitted forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad against rebels seeking his ouster.