Car bomb targets Syria's Ruling Party Headquarters in Damascus

By Andrew Yadegar

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Where is Damascus?Damascus is the Capital of Syria

Also Syria’s ruling party headquarters

Which is the Baath Party

Russian Embassy is also located in this city

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What Happened?

Happened on February 21, 2013

A Bomb was set off at a checkpoint

Authorities are not sure whether it was a suicide or a remote detonation

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Aftermath

53 People were killed

230 Were injured

17 Cars destroyed

Unfortunately most that were killed were civilians

Russian Embassy building was damaged

Radius of Damage went as far as a 1000 Feet

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Aftermath Cont.

The Baath Headquarters was only 65 feet away

No one at the Russian Embassy was hurt

The U.N. Reports that 70,000 people have died from the Civil war in Syria

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What could follow?

More Dead Civilians

Russia could remove their embassy from Syria

More riots causing more destruction

More destroyed cities

Possibly WWIII, Russia could set an ultimatum on Syria

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Thank You

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