Wreckage
Taxis sit damaged near the scene of the suicide bombings in Damascus, Syria on December 23, 2011, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. Two booby-trapped cars blew up at security sites in Damascus on Friday, killing a number of civilians and soldiers, state television said, in the worst violence to hit Syria's capital during nine months of unrest against President Bashar al-Assad.

• Syria: Suicide Bombs Shake Capital, 40 Killed