A deadly blast hit the Tadamun neighbourhood of south Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state television reported, without immediately giving any casualty figures.

Syrian President Bashar Assad says his government will allow international experts access to its chemical weapons sites but rebels might block them from reaching some of the locations.

Syria handed over the remaining details of its chemical arsenal on Saturday, meeting a deadline under a deal that headed off military strikes, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said.

Syrian families affected by the country’s civil war need $1.4 billion in aid, a senior Syrian official said Thursday, adding that only 43 per cent of that was being met.

Syria’s deputy foreign minister said Wednesday that the regime would not give in to threats of a US-led military strike against the country, even if a third world war kicked off.

Syrian authorities denied media reports of an attack on President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade as he was on his way to a mosque Thursday to attend prayers marking the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi escaped an assassination bid today, surviving a blast that targeted his convoy in Damascus, Syrian state television reported.

A senior civil servant at Syria’s electricity ministry was killed by a magnetic bomb attached to his car today in central Damascus.

A Syrian government official says a car bombing in central Damascus has killed at least 10 people.

A powerful car bomb exploded near the ruling Baath party headquarters in the Syrian capital today, killing at least 31 people, wounding dozens and leaving a trail of destruction, a watchdog said.