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Blasts bring Aleppo into Syrian fray
Published: 10 February, 2012, 18:46
Syrian workers inspect the site of an explosion outside a military security building, one of two sites of bomb blasts in Syria's northern city of Aleppo. (Reuters / Sana Sana)
TAGS: Conflict, Protest, Terrorism, Blast
Two explosions have rocked the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing 28 people and injuring a further 235, with conflicting reports on the Free Syrian Army’s involvement in the attacks.
Syrian state news said that two cars backed with explosives targeted a branch of military intelligence and a security forces base on Friday morning.
Television news broadcast graphic images following the attacks numbering civilians as well as members of security forces among the dead. A Syrian TV reporter on the scene said that the explosion targeting the military intelligence compound detonated near a park where children had gathered to enjoy the warm weather.
The State channel laid the blame at the feet of armed terrorist groups in the city, calling the blasts an attempt to destabilize Syria.
Meanwhile, initial reports following the attack say a spokesperson from the Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the attacks. Later statements from the opposition appear to contradict this, accusing Assad’s regime of orchestrating the attacks to discredit the opposition and to side step anti-governmental protests that had been planned for Friday.
The commercial hub of Aleppo has remained relatively untouched by the 11-month uprisings against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but has seen increasing protests and violence in the last couple of weeks.
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Hey, RT Reporter, your showing the real you, BIAS and a hyprocritical about what you report. As a reporter, your suppose to be inpartial, its people like you and your lies that make the Russian people disliked and mistrusted. But, I think the great Russian people know people like you, the communist error, wake up and see what's going on arround you if you could. Your so prehistoric and pathetic, you should look for another carreer like a museum guard. I think that suits your mentality, and I wish you luck.
Thank goodness for the upright and objective role played by the most honourable Russian and Chinese leadership. Their veto has revealed the poisonous content of the so called Syrian opposition. This is not to say that there are no honourable members of the Syrian opposition but rather to point out that a certain element among them wants only blood and destruction. Why would any person who loves their country want to detonate bombs among their own brothers and sisters?
Hey, Alex McShera, wake up and smell the Syrian coffee. Get it, if not try to think a little.