A local official reported an initial toll of 37 dead and dozens wounded, many of them critically. "The toll could rise because many people were badly injured," a city official said. Three bombs exploded around Saadallah al-Jabiri Square, near a military officers' club and a hotel. Two of the blasts hit the area near the club within a minute of each other. A third car bomb then exploded some 150 metres away in the Bab Jnein district, at the entrance of the Old City neighbourhood of Aleppo. Picture: AFP/GettyImages

Credit : AFP/GettyImages