Pro-Assad Cleric Killed in Blast in Damascus

Mohammad Said Ramada al-Bouti in April 2010

Source: Youssef Badawi/European Pressphoto Agency

By: New York Times

Date : March 21, 2013

Author :  Hania Mourtada, Rick Gladstone

Extract : "A large explosion killed at least 42 people inside a central Damascus mosque on Thursday, including the top Sunni cleric in Syria, one of the major remaining Sunni supporters of President Bashar al-Assad’s embattled government in the civil war."

Index Terms : murder, explosion, chemical weapon, mosque

Site : http://nytimes.com/

URL : http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/world/middleeast/senior-pro-assad-sunni-imam-in-syria-is-assassinated.html?_r=0

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