Assad Said Injured In Rebel Blast

NICOSIA [MENL] -- In an attack that could topple his regime, Syrian
President Bashar Assad has been injured and his top military advisers killed
in a suicide bombing.
Western intelligence sources said Assad attended a July 18 meeting at
the National Security Agency in Damascus when a suicide bomber blew himself
up. They said at least 10 people were killed while Assad was injured and
flown to the Alawite stronghold of Latakia for medical treatment.