Syria Repels Attack on US Embassy in Damascus
The Syrian government says security forces killed three terrorists and wounded a fourth as they tried to detonate a car bomb outside the U.S. embassy in Damascus early Tuesday. State media report that one Syrian security guard was killed and at least 11 bystanders were injured, including a Chinese diplomat. No Americans were hurt.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice thanked Syria for repelling the attack. She said it is too early to say who was responsible for the assault.
Witnesses say the gunmen shouted Islamic slogans as they tried to throw grenades over the embassy compound's walls. They describe black smoke rising into the sky and the sound of heavy gunfire and explosions echoing from the area around the embassy.
敘利亞政府說，保安部隊打死3名恐怖份子，打傷一名。這些人星期二早上在駐大馬士革的美國大使館外面試圖引爆一枚汽車炸彈。敘利亞官方媒體報導(dǎo)說，還有一名敘利亞保安衛(wèi)兵喪生，至少11名旁觀者受傷，其中有一名中國外交官。沒有美國人受傷。
美國國務(wù)卿賴斯感謝敘利亞挫敗這起襲擊。她表示，確定進行這起襲擊的是什么人目前還為時過早。
目擊者說，高呼伊斯蘭口號的槍手向大使館院墻內(nèi)投擲手榴彈。他們還看到黑煙升向天空，聽到美國大使館區(qū)周圍傳來激烈的槍聲和爆炸聲。
The Syrian government says security forces killed three terrorists and wounded a fourth as they tried to detonate a car bomb outside the U.S. embassy in Damascus early Tuesday. State media report that one Syrian security guard was killed and at least 11 bystanders were injured, including a Chinese diplomat. No Americans were hurt.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice thanked Syria for repelling the attack. She said it is too early to say who was responsible for the assault.
Witnesses say the gunmen shouted Islamic slogans as they tried to throw grenades over the embassy compound's walls. They describe black smoke rising into the sky and the sound of heavy gunfire and explosions echoing from the area around the embassy.
敘利亞政府說，保安部隊打死3名恐怖份子，打傷一名。這些人星期二早上在駐大馬士革的美國大使館外面試圖引爆一枚汽車炸彈。敘利亞官方媒體報導(dǎo)說，還有一名敘利亞保安衛(wèi)兵喪生，至少11名旁觀者受傷，其中有一名中國外交官。沒有美國人受傷。
美國國務(wù)卿賴斯感謝敘利亞挫敗這起襲擊。她表示，確定進行這起襲擊的是什么人目前還為時過早。
目擊者說，高呼伊斯蘭口號的槍手向大使館院墻內(nèi)投擲手榴彈。他們還看到黑煙升向天空，聽到美國大使館區(qū)周圍傳來激烈的槍聲和爆炸聲。