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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A blast at a mosque in central Damascus on Thursday killed the high-level cleric Mohammed al-Buti, state television said.
Buti, believed to be in his 90s, was a staunch supporter of President Bashar al-Assad and the Imam of Damascus's historic Ummayyad Mosque.
(Reporting by Erika Solomon; Editing by Michael Roddy)
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