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The cafe sits approximately 40 meters from the main entrance to the Palace of Justice, where high-profile trials of former officials from Bashar al-Assad's government have been under way for months. Syria's Health Ministry confirmed nine dead and 20 wounded. Investigators described the device as an improvised explosive of roughly one kilogram, packed with metal shrapnel; a person had walked in, placed it under a table and left, possibly with the courthouse as a secondary target, according to Al Jazeera. The Interior Ministry collected surveillance footage and opened an investigation. By Thursday evening, no group had claimed responsibility, and officials said they had not "gathered enough evidence to identify...