The blast came as more than 100 countries recognised the opposition umbrella group as the legitimate representative of Syria, a diplomatic blow to Assad.
Five people were killed in the Wednesday’s attacks and 23 others were injured in the attacks, according to a statement by the Interior Ministry.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least eight people were killed, most of them soldiers, and more than 40 wounded.
Such bombings have been a trademark of Islamic radicals fighting alongside the rebels, raising concerns about the extremists’ role in the civil war.
On Wednesday afternoon, attackers detonated two explosive devices before an explosives-laden car went off near the entrance of the Interior Ministry building in Kafar Souseh district in Damascus. The blast knocked down walls inside the ministry building, scattering debris on the street and shattering windows in nearby structures, including at the Egyptian Embassy.
Police cordoned off the area. The pro-government Al-Ekhbariya TV showed splotches of blood on the street in front of the ministry.
Syrian TV said the Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar and senior officials at the ministry were unharmed.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts. An al Qaeda linked group, Jabhat al-Nusra, has claimed many deadly bombings inside Syria in the past.
Rebels have targeted the center of Damascus with bomb attacks in the past, most dramatically in July when they detonated explosives inside a high-level crisis meeting in Damascus that killed four top regime officials, including Assad’s brother-in-law and the defence minister.
Opposition fighters have been making inroads in their advance toward Damascus, capturing military bases as fighting intensified in the southern districts of the Syrian capital and its suburbs.
The conflict started nearly 21 months ago as an uprising against Assad, whose family has ruled the country for four decades. It quickly transformed into a civil war.
According to activists, more than 40,000 people have been killed since March 2011.
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