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Syria pledges to stamp out terrorism
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2012-02-11 04:12

Syria's Ministry of Interior pledged Friday to "stamp out terrorism" and to "hunt down those who compromise the security of the homeland and citizens."

In a statement carried by state-run SANA news agency, the ministry pledged to continue its duty in persevering the country's security and order.

The ministry said that around 9 a.m. on Friday morning, a suicide bomber driving a white van with fake plates burst into a security checkpoint at the entrance of the law-enforcement forces' headquarters in the crowded al-Arkoub area, and blew himself up, leaving 11 people killed and 130 others injured, including children.

The explosion left a crater of two meters in depth, and caused huge material losses and damages to surrounding buildings, said the ministry.

Minutes later, the ministry said, another suicide bomber driving a minibus detonated himself while trying to break into the Military Security Directorate at the New Aleppo neighborhood, leaving 17 army men and civilians killed and 105 of others injured.

It said children, who were playing in a nearby park, were among the injured.

The ministry stressed that those "terrorist practices" won't dissuade the authorities from stamping out terrorism and hunting down criminals. It accused some Arab and Western countries of arming terrorists and held them responsible for the attacks.

Meanwhile, Syria's foreign ministry said Friday that the twin blasts came in the context of the "unjust campaign" funded and supported by regional countries, accusing some Arab and Western countries of funding and arming the "terrorist groups."

"Syria calls on the UN Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities in fighting terrorism and implement its resolution in that regard," the ministry said in a message sent to UN and many other international organizations and carried by SANA.

"Syria calls on the countries that have armed, financed, and harbored those groups to hand over the criminals to the Syrian authorities in accordance with resolutions of the international community regarding terrorism," said the ministry.

The explosions were the first two to have occurred in Aleppo, the second largest city and economic power house of Syria, but not the first to hit security and army compounds in Syria.

Last month, a suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station at al-Midan neighborhood in the capital of Damascus, killing 26 people, including policemen and civilians, and leaving dozens more wounded.

On Dec. 23 of 2011, twin suicide bombings targeted two intelligence centers in Damascus, leaving 44 people dead and 166 others injured.

Source:Xinhua 
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