A deadly bombing rocked a pro-regime suburb of Syria's capital on Saturday, state media said, as an envoy was to begin a Middle East tour to push for peace talks.

Nine Lebanese kidnapped by rebels in Syria last year were freed, meanwhile, in a development that could lead to the release of two Turkish pilots whose abduction was linked to their capture.

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