Suicide Bombings Rock Damascus

Suicide Bombings Rock Damascus Two car bombings in the Syrian capital target government intelligence buildings and leave 40 dead
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Destruction
Pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, right, his father late president Hafez al-Assad, center, and his late brother Bassel, left, decorate a building damaged by a suicide attack in Damascus on December 23, 2011.

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