The neighborhood, called Jaramana, is a mixed area of mostly Christian and Druze residents that is generally viewed as supportive of the Syrian government and has been the target of several attacks in recent months. One 50-year old man working at a business in Jaramana, who asked not to be identified for his safety, said his employers had to replace the glass in the windows three times in recent months due to explosions. "I don't see the point of replacing it anymore," he said. State TV aired footage of pools of blood in the street and demolished cars at the explosion site. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) accused "terrorists," the label used by state media to refer to opposition fighters, of carrying out the attack and reported that two smaller explosive devices had been detonated elsewhere in Damascus which had only caused "minor material damage." The twin blasts came a day after rebel fighters took over two military bases in Syria, an additional sign that the ragtag force may finally be breaking a weeks-long stalemate and making progress in its battle against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. In the past week alone, rebels have taken control of about a half-dozen military bases across the country as well as the Tishreen hydroelectric dam near the Turkish border. In a video posted online Tuesday, which reportedly showed one of the captured bases, fighters affiliated with the Free Syrian Army stomped on a bust of Assad's father, Hafez, at the 666th air force battalion base south of Damascus. The second base, southeast of Aleppo, was overrun by fighters from Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. That the two air bases were taken over by such radically different groups among the opposition indicates that the recent rebel gains may not have been coordinated by any sort of unified leadership. It also hints at potential problems ahead if Islamist and secular groups begin to fight one another for control of territory. Some observers note that while rebel fighters have been successful in taking over military bases, it is much less certain how long they will be able to hold them. Rebel groups have been losing territory to the Syrian military at the same time that they have been making gains. A video of one of the attacks posted online shows what appears to be a ­surface-to-air missile slamming into a helicopter in a ball of orange flame.