07/09/2012 18:46
Explosion outside a mosque in Damascus
As the Reuters reports, an explosion outside a mosque in Syria's capital killed five security personnel on Friday and wounded several others, state television said.
Syria TV said the "terrorist" blast had been caused by explosives attached to a motorcycle in the Damascus neighborhood of Rukn al-Din.
The 17-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule has grown increasingly bloody in recent months, as rebels try to bring the fight to his seat of power in Damascus and to the economic hub, Aleppo.