CAIRO, Jul 22 (Aswat Masriya) - The Italian consulate in Cairo, the target of an early morning explosion earlier this month, will partially resume its services next week, the Italian embassy announced on Wednesday.

The blast which occurred on July 11, killing one Egyptian and destroying parts of the building, prompted the consulate to temporarily suspend its services.

The consulate's visas and passports departments will resume work next week "despite the big difficulties facing the embassy's work team and the scarcity of available venues within the embassy in comparison to normal days," the embassy said in a statement.

The embassy said "appropriate" solutions to other suspended consular services are currently being studied.

Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria claimed responsibility for the attack on the embassy, in a statement reported by Reuters.

Egypt has been battling a wave of militancy since the military ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013, after mass protests against his rule. The majority of attacks target security forces.