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April 27, 2004
Explosions in Damask (Updated)

Both Fox and AFP are reporting explosions near foreign embassies.

No details yet, coming soon.

Update: AP is reporting gunfire was heard as well.

Reuters reports that the blasts happened near the British embassy.

BBC is first with details:

A series of explosions and gunfire rocked the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday evening, reports say. Sources said between three and five explosions were heard in the west of the city from about 1600 GMT. The blasts were followed by heavy gunfire.

The explosions are said to have occurred near the Iranian and Canadian embassies in the city.

They took place on the Mesa highway leading into central Damascus from the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Security sources said the explosions were caused by car bombs, but there has been no independent confirmation of this.

BBC contradicts the Reuters report about which embassy it was near.

UDPATE:

Fox reports that the blast was close the British envoy's residence. Still no word on casualties.

Posted by Michele at April 27, 2004 02:08 PM | TrackBack
Comments

This terrible!

Someone has turned the tables on Syria? Where is Al Gazeera when you really need them? Is anyone firing on mosques? What does the Arab street say? Are they Sunni? Are they Shiite? Will this affect the Syrian elections? Did Assad ever serve in the National Guard? Did he throw a) medals or b) ribbons over a fence? Has he been paying to much attention to Iraq and not the source of Syrians real threats?

I'll bet its some faction of displaced people like sort of a Syrian version of Palestinians.

Posted by: Limpet at April 27, 2004 03:11 PM

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