Suicide Car Bomber Kills 10 in Syria Capital

While the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo worsens due to the advancement of pro-government forces, the nation's capital, Damascus continues to face attacks as the Syrian civil war wages on.

According to Syrian state TV, reported by the New York Times, a suicide bomber blew up his car right next to a police officer's club, killing 10 people and destroying several cars.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack. In their statement, the terrorist group, which is also known as ISIS or ISIL, named IS fighter Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Shami as the bomber. The group vowed to carry out more attacks.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is based in Britain, reported that eight policemen were killed and 20 were injured.

This attack came just one day after the international rights group, Human Rights Watch, reported that the government, with the backing of Russia, has carried out cluster bombs that have killed 37 civilians over the past two weeks. Although the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which is an international treaty that includes nearly 100 states, banned the use of cluster bombs, Russia, Syria, the U.S. and China have not.

Organizations and States have also publicly opposed Russia's involvement in the recent attacks on Aleppo. Over the past few days, government forces, with the help of Iranian and Lebanese allies, have been very aggressive in their efforts to take back rebel parts of Aleppo.

The United Nations warned that aid could be cut off to certain areas of Aleppo due to the encirclement of government forces

"It would leave up to 300,000 people, still residing in the city, cut off from humanitarian aid unless cross-line access could be negotiated," the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said reported by Reuters.

The recent attacks have forced thousands of Syrians to flee north toward the Turkish border, worsening the migrant crisis.