Wael al-Halqi's convoy was attacked in Damascus Monday. It was the latest attack targeting top officials in President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Syrian Prime Minister Survives Attack
![This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian fire fighters extinguishing burning cars after a car bomb exploded near the prime minister's convoy in Mazzeh, Damascus, April 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A0C0559D-7D49-47AB-A4CD-5E7476B71987_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian fire fighters extinguishing burning cars after a car bomb exploded near the prime minister's convoy in Mazzeh, Damascus, April 29, 2013.
![This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows burning cars after a car bomb exploded in Mazzeh, Damascus, April 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9B235EB0-EA56-4677-A952-422A0F1C5745_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows burning cars after a car bomb exploded in Mazzeh, Damascus, April 29, 2013.
![A man holding a water cooler runs to avoid a sniper in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighborhood, April 28, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8F226A33-92FF-4E0A-8456-6CD55C951D02_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man holding a water cooler runs to avoid a sniper in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighborhood, April 28, 2013.
![A view of a street filled with rubble and damaged buildings in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighborhood, April 28, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/EB0842A8-339B-4FA9-B72C-CA6A596F630B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A view of a street filled with rubble and damaged buildings in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighborhood, April 28, 2013.