[An Nahar] Hizbullah stressed on Friday that the bombings that took place in Syria will not weaken the resolve of the forces of resistance in the region.It said in a statement: "The United States and its regional proxies are behind the Damascus
...Home to a staggering array of terrorist organizations...
bombings."
"These bombings which resulted in the death and injury of dozens of people, mainly women and kiddies, are the specialty of the United States, the mother of terrorism," it added.
"This horrific terrorist crime... committed one day after the coordinated bombings that targeted Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
and other cities across Iraq is a cowardly, bloody act of Dire Revenge™ after the United States' humiliating withdrawal from Iraq," read the statement.
A cold war has been heating up for months between Washington and Hizbullah, with the group denouncing the planting of CIA "spies" in its ranks and the United States accusing the movement of illegal financial and drug dealings in recent weeks.
Syrian officials say at least 30 people were killed and 100 maimed in Friday's bombings in Damascus, which they have blamed on al-Qaeda.
The attacks were the first of their kind against the powerful security services in the heart of the capital since unprecedented protests against Assad's regime erupted in mid-March.
One bombing targeted the General Security Directorate, Syria's most important plainclothes security service, in the Kfar Suseh neighborhood of Damascus.
The second went
kaboom!outside a nearby military intelligence building.