Syrian leader makes rare public appearance

Syria’s president made a rare public appearance Wednesday.

Bashar al-Assad visited the Umawyeen Electricity Station at Tishreen Park in Damascus to commemorate Workers’ Day. He congratulated the station’s staff and all other Syrian workers.

The visit came amid more violence in the civil war, a 2-year-old conflict fueled by a grass-roots revolt against the government. At least 50 people were killed Wednesday, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said.

The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime aircraft bombarded targets in the Damascus countryside and Aleppo province.

The group said an improvised explosive device detonated near a police headquarters in Damascus, injuring a number of people, including children.

A giant plume of thick, gray smoke rose over central Damascus, hanging over the skyline. It was not immediately known if there were any fatalities.

According to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, four people, including a 10-year-old child, were killed, and more than two dozen wounded in a series of bomb blasts in Damascus

Two of the explosive devices were planted on bicycles, SANA said, blaming the violence on terrorists.

source: http://edition.cnn.com

Tags: Bashar al-Assad, Syrian, Umawyeen Electricity Station

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