Bomb explodes near Syrian capital as rebels edge closer to Assad's seat of power.

    

Syrian men use sledgehammers to break the concrete of a residential building destroyed in a government airstrike, while searching for belongings under the rubble, in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

BEIRUT - Syria's state news agency says a bomb has gone off in a suburb southwest of the Syrian capital.

Thursday's blast comes as rebels seeking to oust President Bashar Assad have been edging closer to Damascus, his seat of power.

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