Damascus, May 9 (IANS): A large explosion in Syria's Aleppo city has destroyed a hotel and several other buildings, BBC reported Thursday citing state media and activists.
Rebel fighters are believed to have detonated a bomb placed in a tunnel beneath the Carlton Citadel Hotel, near the city's medieval citadel and souk.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops had been based there and at least 14 died.