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About 1,000 Indians are staying in Syria, most of them in and around the capital Damascus. Government sources said the situation had not yet reached such a stage that those Indians need to be evacuated.
Syria has been witnessing strife and violence for months as pro-democracy protesters have taken repeatedly to the streets to demand ouster of the al-Assad regime. Reflecting worsening of the situation, Syrian capital Damascus has seen two deadly bombings in the last two weeks.
A suicide bomber on Friday blew himself up, killing 26 people and wounding dozens in Damascus. According to UN estimates estimates more than 5,000 people have died since anti-Bashar protests erupted in March last year, prompting an iron-fist response from the regime.