News in Photos: July 19, 2012

     Reports have confirmed that Mehdi Ghezali, an ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee, was responsible for the bus blast in Bulgaria yesterday. Video surveillance in front of the airport showed that the suspect could not be identified amoung other traveling Israeli tourists because he looked like everyone else. Authorities have also confirmed that the bomber was carrying a fake drivers license from the state of Michigan. The airport has been closed all day so that police could conduct their investigation, a situation that has around 100 travelers waiting for their planes. They have been told that they would need to wait until midnight before they could use the airport again. Officials have set up tents and portable toilets for the stranded travelers and Bulgaria's parliament opened today with a moment of silence for those who lost their lives. (Huffington Post)

News in Photos: July 18, 2012

     Events in Damascus have escalated since yesterday's post due to an attack at the national security headquarters in Rawda district in the city. Three people in President Bashar Al Assad's inner circle were killed when a bomb was detonated in the building. President Bashar Assad's >deputy Gen. Assef Shawkat, who was also his brother-in-law, was one of the men killed in the explosion. Syria's rebel commander takes responsibility for the attack, which he denies was a suicide bombing and says that those who carried out the operation are "unharmed". This is easily the top reported story of the day. (Huffington Post)