Muslim Brotherhood responsible for Damascus suicide attacks

Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings in Damascus on Friday that killed 44 and wounded 166 people. ''One of our victorious Sunni brigades was able to target the state security building in Kfar Suseh in the heart of the ... capital Damascus in a successful operation carried out by four of our kamikazes drawn from the best of our glorious men, leaving many dead and wounded from the ranks of the Assad gangs,'' it said on its official website. Muslim Brotherhood responsible for Damascus suicide attacks “This is the beginning of the liberation of Damascus and the tip of the iceberg,'' the statement added. The claim on Saturday contradicted assertions by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad that the blasts, which also wounded 166 people, were the work of al-Qaida and of the opposition Syrian National Council that the regime carried them out, AFP has reported. The bombings, the first against the powerful security services in central Damascus since an uprising against Assad began in March, came a day after the arrival of an advance group of Arab League monitors who are to oversee a deal to end the bloodshed. According to the UN, more than 5,000 people were killed in the violent clampdown on anti-regime protesters while the Syrian government says that around 2,000 members of security forces lost their lives. (Tanjug)

Muslim Brotherhood responsible for Damascus suicide attacks

“This is the beginning of the liberation of Damascus and the tip of the iceberg,'' the statement added.

The claim on Saturday contradicted assertions by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad that the blasts, which also wounded 166 people, were the work of al-Qaida and of the opposition Syrian National Council that the regime carried them out, AFP has reported.

The bombings, the first against the powerful security services in central Damascus since an uprising against Assad began in March, came a day after the arrival of an advance group of Arab League monitors who are to oversee a deal to end the bloodshed.

According to the UN, more than 5,000 people were killed in the violent clampdown on anti-regime protesters while the Syrian government says that around 2,000 members of security forces lost their lives.