Foreign-backed terrorists axis blast rocks Damascus neighborhood

A powerful explosion has rocked the western Mezzeh neighborhood of Damascus where an elite Syrian military airport is located, reports say.

The Sunday night explosion was caused by “a terrorist attempt to target Mezzeh military airport,” the Syrian al-Ikhbariya television channel reported.

Sources affiliated with foreign-backed Syrian opposition groups said that ambulances were seen heading towards the compound, which is used by the Republican Guards, Special Forces and Air Force Intelligence.

The sources added that it appeared a booby-trapped car had exploded at a road block near the airport.

“There are at least 20 soldiers wounded, there are also some dead but we don’t know how many,” the sources claimed.

The Syria crisis began in March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of government forces, have been killed.

Damascus says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.

The Syrian government says the West and its regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — are supporting the militants.

In addition, several international human rights organizations say the militants operating in Syria have committed war crimes.