The Damascus Double Bombing: Is The Syrian Capital Back In Play? -- Rania Abouzeid, Time
With Aleppo still being battled over, the rebels may just be signaling to Assad that he is well within their sights
The early morning attack was an audacious assault on the fortified Syrian capital. On Wednesday morning, Damascus saw a double bombing outside a key Syrian military headquarters in the heart of city. According to the Syrian state news agency, the incident left four guards dead and some 14 people wounded.
The agency, and the government it serves, predictably blamed “terrorists,” its catchall phrase for opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, for the attack on the army’s General Staff Command. An Islamist Free Syrian Army unit, Ansar al-Islam, claimed responsibility, saying five of its fighters including a suicide bomber died in the blasts, according to a statement posted online. “The Jihadist heroes have carried out … a complex suicide operation at 6:55 am against the headquarters of the General Staff of the criminal gang of Assad,” it said.
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