40 killed in blast says Syrian TV
Reuters
2011-12-23
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Bodies are carried away from the site of a blast in the Syrian capital Damascus.
State TV reports 40 were killed and 100 wounded when two booby-trapped cars blew up at security sites.
This is the worst violence to hit Syria's capital during nine months of unrest over the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
Al Manar news channel described the attack as a suicide bombing and said initial inquiries indicated al Qaeda was behind it.
They say most of the casualties were civilians.
The attack comes a day after the arrival of Arab League officials to prepare for a monitoring team that will check whether Assad is implementing a plan to end the bloodshed.
The escalating violence on both sides has raised fears that the country is slipping towards civil war.
Lily Grimes, Reuters
Bodies are carried away from the site of a blast in the Syrian capital Damascus.
State TV reports 40 were killed and 100 wounded when two booby-trapped cars blew up at security sites.
This is the worst violence to hit Syria's capital during nine months of unrest over the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
Al Manar news channel described the attack as a suicide bombing and said initial inquiries indicated al Qaeda was behind it.
They say most of the casualties were civilians.
The attack comes a day after the arrival of Arab League officials to prepare for a monitoring team that will check whether Assad is implementing a plan to end the bloodshed.
The escalating violence on both sides has raised fears that the country is slipping towards civil war.
Lily Grimes, Reuters
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