Syria strongly condemns terrorist bombings in Baghdad

The Syrian government condemns in the strongest terms the series of terrorist bombings which hit various quarters in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in the morning and claimed innocent lives, targeting restaurants, bus stations and shops, an official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said on Tuesday. "These acts add to the armed terrorist groups' record of criminality and sabotage in the brotherly countries of Syria and Iraq," the source added. It expressed Syria's deep condolences to the government, leadership and people of Iraq over the Iraqi martyrs due to the terrorist act and its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured. The source stressed "Syria's demand that the international community uproot this epidemic using all the means available to drain the swamp of terrorism and chase down its perpetrators, supporters and those standing behind them. Over 56 Iraqis were killed and 200 others injured in a chain of terrorist bombings in a number of quarters in Baghdad. The AP quoted an Iraqi Police source as saying that more than 13 terrorist attacks, mostly with car bombs, took place on Tuesday on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the US-British invasion of Iraq.