May 11, 2012
ALEPPO, (SANA)_A suicide bomber was killed when competent authorities intercepted a stolen booby-trapped minibus that he attempted to blow up in the densely-populated al-Shaar neighborhood in Aleppo on Friday.SANA correspondent quoted a source in the governorate as saying that the competent authorities intercepted the terrorist after he hit two policemen, then he blew himself up with an explosive belt, killing himself only.
The source added that 4 tanks loaded with a big quantity of explosives were discovered in the minibus.
In Seif al-Dawla neighborhood, an explosive device planted by a terrorist group in a street went off, causing material damage. A stun grenade also exploded in al-Khalidiyyeh neighborhood, inflicting material damage.
M. Ismael
Syrian forces foil major suicide bomb attack in Aleppo
Syrian troops killed a would-be suicide bomber in the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, a day after devastating bomb blasts in Damascus, state television reported.The security forces killed the bomber, who had 1,200kg of explosives in the car, it said.
"Syrian authorities have foiled an attempted suicide attack in Al-Shaar area of Aleppo and killed the would-be attacker," the channel said.
The incident comes a day after two suicide bombers in the capital Damascus killed at least 55 people after detonating their explosives in a crowded area, in an attack the government said was carried out by "terrorists."
Thursday's killings were the deadliest single attack in the Syrian capital since an uprising against President Bashar Assad began last year, and were widely condemned.
The UN Security Council said the attacks were the works of "terrorists," but urged all parties to the 14-month conflict to cease armed violence and comply with a faltering UN-backed peace plan.
"The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks that occurred in Damascus, Syria, on May 10, causing numerous deaths and injuries," the 15-member body said in a statement.
Elsewhere in the country, seven military officers were killed in a bomb blast in the southern city of Deraa, state media said.
"Major Abdullah Saleh and 6 law-enforcement members were martyred and others injured in an explosive device blast in Daraa," SANA said.
The report added that the explosives had been planted by a road near the city and had exploded as the military drove past.
The UN-backed ceasefire that officially came into force on April 12 has taken a daily battering, with both government forces and armed opposition groups continuing to carry out attacks.
(AFP, Reuters, Al-Akhbar)
Injured Civilians: Those who Carried Out Terrorist Bombings Are Tools and Mercenaries Serving Syria's Enemies
DAMASCUS, (SANA) – A number of citizens who were injured by the twin terrorist bombings which hit Damascus in the early morning said that those who commit such terrorist acts have no religion and they are not humans, rather they are tools and mercenaries serving Syria's enemies.
An injured civilian who was transported to al-Moujtahed Hospital , Imad Ghazali told SANA reporter that the second blast dislocated his shoulder as he was near the devastated area.
In turn, the 20-year-old young man Mohammad Kheir al-Hassan said that he was on his way to the work when he heard the first blast then he found himself on the ground with a piece of shrapnel in his hand as the second blast occurred. Um Mohammad who was in a state of shock because of the severe injury of her brother called for holding those who carry out the bombings accountable for their crime.
Abdel Rahman Mohammad, who lives in al-Qazaz area, said "I heard the first explosion so I left home to make sure that my cousins and neighbors are good when the second blast took place and the building was cracked and I was injured."
Ammar Ballol, said that he woke up to the sound of the blast which was very huge, adding that he had shrapnel in his back.
Ammar Ballol, said that he woke up to the sound of the blast which was very huge, adding that he had shrapnel in his back. Ammar Ballol, said that he woke up to the sound of the blast which was very huge, adding that he had shrapnel in his back.
Ammar Ballol, said that he woke up to the sound of the blast which was very huge, adding that he had shrapnel in his back.
Adnan al-Qabbani also woke up to the sound with an injury in the chest, wondering if this is the freedom they are calling for.
Assistant Minister of Higher Education for Health Affairs, Dr. Nizar al-Daher said that the medical cadres in al-Mowasat hospital were put on alert and received many injured people and martyrs.
In turn, Assistant Director General of al-Mowasat Hospital for Medical Affairs, Dr. Shadia al-Khudari said that the injuries varied between mild bruises, wounds, neurological injuries and cases of nervous breakdown.
She added that the situation of the injured civilians is stable as they are monitored by specialized medical cadres.
Abdel Mon'em Mansour said that when he heard the first blast he run out to look for his three children who were on their way to al-Qazaz school, near the site of the bombing, and when he reached the street, the second blast occurred and he was slightly injured.
The injured people and their families condemned this heinous act, stressing that it will not undermine the Syrians' determination or steadfastness.
R. Raslan/ Ghossoun
Uprooted Palestinian 
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