Syria suicide attacks kill 30

The Syrian government says more than 30 people have been killed in two suicide car bombings outside security service facilities in the capital, Damascus.
Suicide bombers in explosives-packed cars killed some 30 civilians and military troops Friday in two attacks in the Syrian capital Damascus.
 

Opposition groups cast doubt on state media reports saying a preliminary investigation indicated the bombings -- the first major attacks in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March -- carried the "blueprint" of al-Qaida, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported.
Activists on social media accused the government of being behind the blasts, which came as Arab League mission observers arrived to oversee the government's agreement to a peace plan to end the nine months of violence.
State media reported 30 deaths.
The blasts came a day after an advance team of Arab League observers arrived in the country to monitor Syria's promise to end its crackdown on protesters demanding the ouster of President Bashar Assad. Government officials took the observers to the scene of the explosions and said it backed their longtime claims that the turmoil is not a popular uprising but the work of terrorists.