01:04Syria: Syrian PM survives deadly bomb attack
Syria: Syrian PM survives deadly bomb attack
Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halqi survived an attempted bombing assassination in central Damascus Monday. The explosion struck near a school in a southwestern district of Damascus killing at least 10 people.
Syrian media reported that one of Halqi's bodyguards was killed, 25 others were wounded, fatality reports vary. An explosive device was placed under a black BMW that was parked along the route of Halqi's convoy. The explosion took place near a kindergarten and a school, no children were killed in the attack but two were injured.
Mr. Halqi has been part of an effort by President Assad to form a diplomatic campaign to presade the United States that it is on the wrong side of the civil war. Despite the attack, Halqi continued on to a planned meeting with an economic committee state TV station Al-Ikhbariya. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01:04Syria: Syrian PM survives deadly bomb attack
Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halqi survived an attempted bombing assassination in central Damascus Monday. The explosion struck near a school in a southwestern district of Damascus killing at least 10 people.
Syrian media reported that one of Halqi's bodyguards was killed, 25 others were wounded, fatality reports vary. An explosive device was placed under a black BMW that was parked along the route of Halqi's convoy. The explosion took place near a kindergarten and a school, no children were killed in the attack but two were injured.
Mr. Halqi has been part of an effort by President Assad to form a diplomatic campaign to presade the United States that it is on the wrong side of the civil war. Despite the attack, Halqi continued on to a planned meeting with an economic committee state TV station Al-Ikhbariya. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.