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Blast at Damascus mosque kills 5 security personnel: TV
BEIRUT |
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An explosion outside a mosque in Syria's capital killed five security personnel on Friday and wounded several others, state television said.
Syria TV said the "terrorist" blast had been caused by explosives attached to a motorcycle in the Damascus neighborhood of Rukn al-Din.
The 17-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule has grown increasingly bloody in recent months, as rebels try to bring the fight to his seat of power in Damascus and to the economic hub, Aleppo.
Assad's forces have cracked down with troops, tanks and helicopter gunships on the unrest, which began as a series of peaceful protests but has now descended into civil war.
An opposition group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Friday's blast had been aimed at a security patrol in the area.
The British-based group, which has a network of activists across Syria, said that, in addition to the five dead, the explosion had wounded six members of the security forces, leaving several in critical condition.
(Reporting by Erika Solomon; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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Just a bunch drug addicts, in use by the West.
Have you considered sending a resume to Syrian Intelligence and/or the central Damascus police service? They appear to be hiring right now.
I do agree the loss of life is sad and I wish a plan could be made to make it stop. The ex-leader of every middle eastern country out of office due to the Arab Spring warned of uncontrollable violence if they left office. So far Syria has the highest body count of all these countries due to him not leaving office. I wonder if things would be this bad if Mr. Al Assad, aka Cowardly lion, would have resigned last year. Bahrain might is working its way there as well, I wish that leadership would make some changes as well.
Go Sunni! Go New Revolution in Iran! Go protests against idiotic leaders! Roll Tide Roll!
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