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Syria: US Embassy "Could close to the public"

Damascus, Syria - A note on the Embassy website confirmed it

According to the Arab TV "Al Jazeera", US Embassy in Damascus could close to the public for an unspecified period of time. The news was confirmed by a note published on the Embassy website. The cause of such possibility is the news of an air raid perpetrated on Sunday by four US helicopters that, violating Syrian airspace, hit a building under construction, killing eight civilians (see AVIONEWS...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1095882
Rome, Italy, 10/29/2008 15:56
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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