The Syrian Interior Ministry has reported that a deadly car
bomb explosion has occurred in the Majeh district of the Syrian capital of Damascus
on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens of others.
According to residents in the area, a huge blast was heard,
and a thick smoke billowing from behing a group of buildings.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not provide
details on the casualties reported immediately, but they warned that the death
toll was expected to rise.
A member of the Syrian parliament, Sharif Shehadeh, told Al Jazeera
that “terrorism sponsored by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United States” was
harming “innocent civilians.”
He added that, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey have
been backing the Syrian opposition, the United States has provided “non-lethal
aid” to groups fighting al-Assad’s regime.
This bomb attack came only a day after an assassination attempt
was made on the life of the Syrian Prime Minister, Wael al-Halqi.
Al-Halqi was unhurt in the bombing that occurred as his
convoy passed through the street in the upscale western neighborhood of Mazzeh,
but one of his bodyguards was killed in the process, with a few other injured,
according to reports.
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