Several people have reportedly been killed and others wounded in an explosion in a ⁠city on the outskirts of Syria’s capital Damascus, according to state media. The blast took place on Thursday in Jaramana, in the Damascus countryside, state-run Ekhbariya TV reported. A security source told the channel ⁠that the blast was ⁠caused by an ⁠explosive ⁠device planted on a vehicle, citing preliminary information. Sources told Al Jazeera the explosion took place on a passenger minibus. An AFP news agency photographer saw several ambulances heading to the scene of the blast, where a main street had been closed to traffic.