Sana / AFP / Getty ImagesA handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows burning vehicles at the site of twin blasts in Damascus on May 10, 2012. Two powerful blasts struck Damascus during morning rush hour, killing scores, wounding dozens and prompting the UN observer chief to appeal for help to end the bloodshed ravaging Syria.The twin suicide car-bombings that reportedly killed 55 people and wounded 372 in Damascus on Thursday prompted a familiar set of responses: State television blamed unspecified “terrorists” for the atrocity, in keeping with its habit of linking all anti-regime violence to jihadist extremism; opposition groups denied responsibility and instead accused the regime of staging the blasts as a propaganda exercise designed to ease international pressure to ... Continue reading →