State TV: Syrian PM Escapes Assassination Attempt
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi escaped an assassination bid on Monday, surviving a blast that targeted his convoy in Damascus, Syrian state television reported.
"The terrorist explosion in Mazzeh was an attempt to target the prime minister's convoy and Dr. Wael al-Halqi was unharmed," state television reported.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog reported that a car bomb targeted Halqi's convoy as it passed through the Mazzeh district of Damascus, killing one of his bodyguards.
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said Halqi's driver and a second bodyguard were also seriously wounded in the explosion.
An Agence France Presse photographer at the scene said several vehicles were destroyed in the blast, including a bus burned out by the explosion. The windshields of other cars nearby were also blown out.
Mazzeh is an upscale neighborhood in western Damascus, home to a number of senior regime figures.
Halqi was appointed prime minister in August 2012 after his predecessor Riad Hijab defected to the opposition.
29 April 2013, 13:31
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Maybe he is dead and they don't want to admit it for now. You just never know.
29 April 2013, 19:23
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Well I wouldn't go that far ya rasta, but I do see how you get to that point. I came to this page few years ago to read news about Lebanon, only to find a page full of hatred. Use to love Lebanon before it turned to a concrete jungle, now you can shove it up your bumpa ho. Lebanese deserve what is happening to them. BTW I also threw away that joke I had called Lebanese passport.
29 April 2013, 20:24
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I am voicing my opinion you angry lil man. Oh, I forgot in Lebanon that's only allowed in your home. The only reason I visit this site is because I have family in Lebanon, and that's it. ma nakara aslahou, fa la la la, la la la , it's season to be jolly
29 April 2013, 22:40
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We wish destruction so we deserve destruction. U wish us destruction so u deserve destruction too?
29 April 2013, 22:51
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Lol. Tayib ya khayi, ur not lebanese. Fhimna. We're trash, and the boots of ur new people are worth more than all ur ancestors combined.
Mabrook. Now either change ur name n act like u never said any of this, or just go to another site... Cause uve proven ur self to b a complete idiot.
Urs truly,
Everyone in Lebanon.
29 April 2013, 22:58
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Yea, well when a segment of our society are spineless cowards, who ran at the chance to burn their own identity, whatcha expect?
Save ur lecture. Either come help make YOUR country better, or stay in Europe n act like ur not lebanese anymore... Even though u revert to speaking in Lebanese to get ur msg out.
So to re-cap... U are Lebanese, ur just a self hater. And it's ok, there's alotttt like u. But stop ur lectures plz.
29 April 2013, 23:05
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wowww all of this because of some Prime minister targeted?? haile? the Emperor you represent is assassinated long ago dear. and he wasnt European! he was African and Europe is beautiful but we as Arabs have reached that phase looooonnnggg time ago during the Andalusian era but then i think we couldn't live together so this unity you're talking about does not apply on us especially us Lebanese cannot be like that You can simply describe us as Switzerland which is not in Your proud European Union and some day we will reach an understanding that will prosper something more advanced than the one written by Riad Solh. So if you dont like anyone here Leave us alone.
