4 Syrian generals killed in a bomb attack near Damascus

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A bomb attack on a Syrian government building near Damascus has killed 31 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Four generals were among the dead, the activist group said.

The explosives are thought to have been placed in the basement, meaning opposition fighters were able to breach security to get into the building.

There has been no confirmation of the attack by state media, or by government officials.

But Damascus has experienced increasing violence recently, as clashes between government forces and rebels in the suburbs intensify.

Three people were killed on Thursday by bombs and mortar fire near the historic Old City of Damascus.

On Monday the driver of a school bus and four children died when a mortar hit their vehicle.

Sunday’s explosion happened in the suburb of Harasta, north-east of the capital.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – a UK-based activist network – said it was not clear what type of bomb was used, but that the force of the blast completely levelled the building.

“Only the night staff were on duty when the explosion occurred. If the bomb had gone off an hour before, there could have been up to 200 dead,” the group’s head, Rami Abdel Rahman, told Reuters news agency.

Fleeing the fighting

As well as the clashes around Damascus, there has also been fierce fighting north of the capital, in Qara, near the border with Lebanon.

Government forces tried to storm rebel positions in the town, the Observatory said.

Thousands of Syrians have been pouring over the border to Lebanon in the past two days, taking shelter from the clashes, according to UN and local officials.

The UN says more than 100,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011.

More than 2.2 million Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries while an estimated 4.25 million have been displaced internally.
BBC

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16 responses to “4 Syrian generals killed in a bomb attack near Damascus”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    How many Generals did they have anyway?? 2000 or so?? Amazing ….

    I suppose it’s nice that they waited until most of the workers had cleared the building and only the workaholics were left …

    Has anyone else noticed that when it got to more than 100,000 the news stopped counting the mere hundreds?? I guess we wait until the 200,000 kicks in to have updates…. and I’m sure they are not trying to count the dead from disease and starvation.

    1. SaifAddawla Avatar
      SaifAddawla

      they have an army of at least a million; another million for security services & do not forget military service for all; 2000 is too little; am not saying the quality is high, except the brigade led by his brother….i have seen years ago in ashrafieh a syrian general beaten by a moukhabarat, probably sunni lol

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar

    How many Generals did they have anyway?? 2000 or so?? Amazing ….

    1. SaifAddawla Avatar
      SaifAddawla

      they have an army of at least a million; another million for security services & do not forget military service for all; 2000 is too little; am not saying the quality is high, except the brigade led by his brother….i have seen years ago in ashrafieh a syrian general beaten by a moukhabarat, probably sunni lol

  3. YES! YES! YES! Allahu Akbar! houlallalala

    1. SaifAddawla Avatar
      SaifAddawla

      its says a lot about your allah

    2. Here is the video of that demolished Building . Youtube video link bellow
      /watch?v=H4Fnu-a5qxI

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        didn’t get it .. ended up with a long belly-dance sequence instead … probably better ….

    3. SaifAddawla Avatar
      SaifAddawla

      and you berlieve your allah is proud of what these criminal have done for him; otherwise he would have been impotent to do the same

  4. Heraclitus Avatar

    YES! YES! YES! Allahu Akbar! houlallalala

    1. SaifAddawla Avatar
      SaifAddawla

      its says a lot about your allah

    2. Here is the video of that demolished Building . Youtube video link bellow
      /watch?v=H4Fnu-a5qxI

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        didn’t get it .. ended up with a long belly-dance sequence instead … probably better ….

    3. SaifAddawla Avatar
      SaifAddawla

      and you berlieve your allah is proud of what these criminal have done for him; otherwise he would have been impotent to do the same

  5. Sometimes the bottoms of the Crosses found on Russian churches will be adorned with a crescent. In 1486, Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible) conquered the city of Kazan which had been under the rule of Moslem Tatars, and in remembrance of this, he decreed that from henceforth the Islamic crescent be placed at the bottom of the Crosses to signify the victory of the Cross (Christianity) over the Crescent (Islam)

  6. Sometimes the bottoms of the Crosses found on Russian churches will be adorned with a crescent. In 1486, Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible) conquered the city of Kazan which had been under the rule of Moslem Tatars, and in remembrance of this, he decreed that from henceforth the Islamic crescent be placed at the bottom of the Crosses to signify the victory of the Cross (Christianity) over the Crescent (Islam)

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