Syrian capital Damascus rocked by another attack

The residents of al-Mezzeh district in Damascus once again woke up in the morning to the sound of two blasts. It turned out to be an assassination attempt to kill the Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi. The Syrian official was not hurt, but a number of his bodyguards were killed. Civilians were also reported to have lost their lives as a result. They condemned such attacks, expressing anger towards countries supporting foreign backed militants.

Not to be "that guy" but I think this is interesting:

Isaiah 17:1
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Supposedly there has been 2 rockets fired at a Russian passenger plane from Syria. Someone is asking for trouble.

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Originally posted by MrFuzzy
Supposedly there has been 2 rockets fired at a Russian passenger plane from Syria. Someone is asking for trouble.

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Wonder what kind of plane it was? Also wonder if it was equipped with radar and flares like some of the passenger planes in Israel are for this very reason. I just find it hard to believe a plane of that size was able to pull off maneuvers to evade these missiles / rockets without some type of radar or warning system.