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Two security headquarters hit by bombs, Syria says

By Hwaida Saad

 |  New York Times  

  May 01, 2012

Syria’s official media reported a series of attacks against government buildings Monday, including two bombings that targeted two key security headquarters in the northern city of Idlib and a small rocket assault on the Central Bank in downtown Damascus. Such assaults, along with what activists described as a major security sweep through the restive Damascus suburb of Douma, underscored that a U.N. cease-fire imposed less than three weeks ago existed more in name than in fact.

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