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2 bombs in Damascus hit military building
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September 3, 2012, Monday
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TWO bombs exploded near the Syrian military's joint chiefs of staff's offices in central Damascus yesterday, lightly wounding four army officers and causing damage to a building and cars, state television said.
The twin blasts in the posh Abu Rummaneh district of the Syrian capital were the latest in a wave of bombings to hit Damascus in the recent month as clashes between government troops and rebels reached the tightly controlled capital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for yesterday's bombings.
Syrian government officials said that they appeared to target a building under construction near the offices of the joint chiefs of staff.
The building is officially known as the Guards Battalion and was empty at the time of the blasts.
It serves as a base for army officers who guard the joint chiefs of staff offices, which are located some 200 meters away.
Several past bombings have targeted the security establishment in Damascus, most notably a July blast that killed four senior security officials. Among the four were the defense minister and President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law.
Footage broadcast on Syrian state TV broadcast showed a damaged building with debris strewn across the street.
The blasts punched a hole in one of the walls of the building, as well as blowing out the windshield and windows of an SUV that was parked nearby.
The twin blasts in the posh Abu Rummaneh district of the Syrian capital were the latest in a wave of bombings to hit Damascus in the recent month as clashes between government troops and rebels reached the tightly controlled capital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for yesterday's bombings.
Syrian government officials said that they appeared to target a building under construction near the offices of the joint chiefs of staff.
The building is officially known as the Guards Battalion and was empty at the time of the blasts.
It serves as a base for army officers who guard the joint chiefs of staff offices, which are located some 200 meters away.
Several past bombings have targeted the security establishment in Damascus, most notably a July blast that killed four senior security officials. Among the four were the defense minister and President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law.
Footage broadcast on Syrian state TV broadcast showed a damaged building with debris strewn across the street.
The blasts punched a hole in one of the walls of the building, as well as blowing out the windshield and windows of an SUV that was parked nearby.
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