BREAKING NEWS

UN chief believes al Qaeda behind Syria car bombs

By REUTERS

MAY 18, 2012 02:06

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he believed al-Qaida was responsible for two suicide car bombs that killed at least 55 people in Syria a week ago and that the death toll in the country's 14-month conflict was now at least 10,000.

"A few days ago there was a huge, serious, massive terrorist attack. I believe that there must be al-Qaida behind it. This has created again very serious problems," Ban told a youth event at UN headquarters in New York.

Two suicide car bombers killed 55 people and wounded 372 in Damascus last Thursday, state media said, the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital since an uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011.

Hamas says it received Israel's response to its position over ceasefire

By REUTERS

04/27/2024 02:53 AM

IDF: Mt Hermon targeted by 30 launches, no known casualties

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/26/2024 09:34 PM

Pentagon chief: Iran should question strategy after Israel attack failed

By REUTERS

04/26/2024 08:55 PM

Two expatriate workers killed by drone attack on Iraq's Khor Mor

By REUTERS

04/26/2024 08:52 PM