40 People died in Bomb Explosion in the Capital City of Syria

40 people killed and scores others left injured in two powerful bomb blasts in Damascus on 10 May 2012. The blast prompted UN observer chief to appeal for help to finish off the violence in Syria. According to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, 50 people including civilians and security forces members died in the attack. The target of the attack was an intelligence services base.

The opposition Syrian National Council accused President Bashar al-Assad’s government of being involved in the twin bombings, which were among the deadliest attacks in the country's 14-month uprising.

This was the second attack within a period of two days. Earlier on 9 May 2012 a roadside bomb exploded near the convoy of UN observers into the southern flashpoint city of Daraa. There have been numerous bomb explosions in Damascus over the past few months as Assad faces aviolent protest against his regime which his forces are attempting to crush.

Suicide bombers had targeted two security service bases in Damascus on 23 December 2011, killing 44 people. The government had blamed Al Qaida for the attack.