Syria rebel army claims Damascus bombing

BEIRUT: The rebel Free Syrian Army claimed a bomb attack in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday that it said targeted an operational meeting in a local military headquarters.

"The FSA operation targeted a military command office with explosives designed to go off at a meeting of army officers and members of the shabiha (pro-government militia) which decides on daily operations in Damascus," Maher Nuwaimi, head of the FSA coordination command in Syria, told AFP.