Four Killed in Attack Outside U.S. Embassy in Syria
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DAMASCUS, Sept. 12--At least three armed assailants and a Syrian security guard were killed Tuesday outside the U.S. Embassy building in what Syrian authorities said was a foiled plot to storm the compound. No Americans were injured.
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The US embassy in Damascus is reported to have come under attack, with reports of heavy gunfire and explosions.
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Last month's attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus was planned in Saudi Arabia and the four Syrians who carried it out had no links to al Qaeda, a government investigation said on Thursday.
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Four U.S. soldiers were killed on Saturday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
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The bold attack on the U.S. Embassy has thrown new light on what President Bashar Assad calls the growing threat in Syria from Islamic extremists. But some critics say the regime is exaggerating the problem for its own political gain.
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A terrorist assault on the US consulate in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jiddah killed four consulate employees and a security guard Monday, heightening fears that
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At least four people are killed in an attack by two suicide bombers outside a mosque in northern Iraq, police say.
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Gunfire was heard near the U.S. Embassy in central Damascus on Tuesday as witnesses reported seeing black smoke rising from the area.
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A fourth man who took part in   Tuesday's attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus has died of   his wounds, the official Syrian news agency said on Wednesday.
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The United States is sending a team   of federal agents to Syria to investigate a failed attack on   the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, a State Department spokeswoman   said on Tuesday.
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Four men shouting Islamic slogans   tried to blow up the U.S. embassy in Damascus on Tuesday but   their car bomb failed to explode and Syrian security guards   killed three of them in a shootout. No Americans were hurt.
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A huge explosion near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul killed at least three people on Friday, including two coalition soldiers, witnesses said.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, and there were casualties, a senior Lebanese security official said.
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PARIS, AFP) - An explosion injured 10 people outside Indonesia's embassy in Paris, and Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said it was caused by a bomb placed outside the building.
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Syrian guards foiled an attempt by suspected al-Qaida-linked militants to blow up the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, exchanging fire outside the compound's walls with gunmen shouting "God is great" who tried to storm in with automatic weapons and hand grenades.
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An explosion in the Afghan capital Kabul was 200 to 300 meters (yards) outside the U.S. embassy and there were no U.S. casualties, a U.S. official said late on Thursday.
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The United States moved on Thursday   to reduce its diplomatic presence in Syria following this   week's attack on its embassy in Damascus by offering free   flights out of the country to non-essential diplomats and   family members on a voluntary basis.