By ITP
Suicide bombers hit Syrian security buildings, killing 40
Syrian officials say attacks that killed civilians, soldiers ‘carries blueprints of al-Qaeda’


More than 40 people were killed and 100 wounded, Al Arabiya television reported, citing Syrian authorities

Syrian security men inspect damage inside the General Intelligence headquarters

Syrian security men react after a security base was targeted by a suicide attack in Damascus on December 23, 2011

SANA said a preliminary investigation reveals the attack ‘carries the blueprints of al-Qaeda’ and published photographs of the dead from the scene

Syrian General Rustom Ghazaleh speaks to the press as he inspects a Syrian security base that was targeted by a suicide attack in Damascus

A Syrian security man inspects a wrecked car at the parking lot of the Syrian General Intelligence headquarters

A blood stain and a shredded shoe are seen outside the Syrian General Intelligence headquarters

Deputy Arab League Seretary General Samir Seif al-Yazal (C) inspects with a group of Arab observers the site of a suicide attack

The wreckage of a car used by a suicide bomber is seen at the site of the attack which targeted the Syrian General Intelligence headquarters in Damascus