Car bomb blasts leave 27 dead in Syria

Twin bombings struck intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus today, killing at least 27 people and wounding nearly 100, according to state media.

State TV, quoting the health minister, said the death toll could rise. The state news agency, SANA, posted gruesome photographs online of the scene today, with mangled and charred corpses, bloodstains on the streets and twisted steel.