فيديو يظهر لحظات مقتل البوطي
Very sad. No respect of human life of this Islamic holy old man.
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A suicide bombing tore through a mosque in the Syrian capital today, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and long-time supporter of President Bashar Assad along with at least 40 other people.
The assassination of Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti removes one of the few remaining pillars of support for the Alawite leader among the majority sect that has risen up against him.
The powerful explosion struck as al-Buti, an 84-year-old cleric and religious scholar who appeared often on TV, was giving a religious lesson in the Eman Mosque in the central Mazraa district of Damascus, according to state TV.
Suicide bombings blamed on Islamic extremists fighting with the rebels have become common in Syria's two-year-old civil war.
But today's explosion marked the first time a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a mosque.
Syrian TV footage showed wounded people and bodies with severed limbs on the blood-stained floor and later, bodies covered in white body bags lined up in rows. Sirens wailed through the capital as ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion, which was sealed off by the military.
Al-Buti's death was a blow to Syria's embattled leader, who is fighting mainly Sunni rebels seeking his removal.
Al-Buti has been a vocal supporter of his regime since the early days of Assad's father and predecessor, the late President Hafez Assad.
Sunnis are the majority sect in Syria while Assad is from the minority Alawite sect - an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
He was the regular preacher of the eighth century Omayyad Mosque, but Syrian TV said he was giving a religious sermon to students at Eman Mosque when the explosion occurred.
In recent months, Syrian TV has carried his sermon from mosques in Damascus live every week. He also has a regular religious TV programme.
Syrian TV began its evening newscast with a phone announcement from the religious endowments minister, Mohammad Abdelsattar al-Sayyed, declaring al-Buti's 'martyrdom' as his voice choked up. It then showed parts of his sermon last Friday in which he praised the military for battling the 'mercenaries' and said Syria was being subjected to a 'universal conspiracy'.
Assad's regime refers to the rebels fighting against it as 'terrorists' and 'mercenaries' who are backed by foreign powers trying to destabilise the country.
The war, which the UN says has killed more than 70,000 people, has become increasingly chaotic as rebels press closer to Assad's seat of power in Damascus after seizing large swathes of territory in the northern and eastern parts of the country.
The rebels also captured a village and other territory on the edge of the Golan Heights today as fighting closed in on the strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and later annexed, activists and officials said.
The battles near the town of Quneitra in south-west Syria sent many residents fleeing, including dozens who crossed into neighbouring Lebanon. The fighting in the sensitive area began yesterday near the ceasefire line between Syrian and Israeli troops.
One of the worst-case scenarios for Syria's civil war is that it could draw in neighbouring countries such as Israel or Lebanon.
The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels seized control of parts of villages a few miles from the cease-fire line with Israel after fierce fighting with regime forces.
The Local Coordination Committees, another anti-regime activist group, reported heavy fighting in the nearby village of Sahm al-Golan and said rebels are attacking an army post.
The Observatory said seven people, including three children, were killed yesterday by government shelling of villages in the area.
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Top Sunni preacher supporter of Assad among 42 killed after suicide bomber targets mosque in Damascus
- First time suicide bomber has detonated explosives inside a mosque
- Explosion struck as al-Buti, an 84-year-old cleric and religious scholar
- Bombings blamed on Islamic extremists fighting with rebels are common in Syria's two-year-old civil war
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A suicide bombing tore through a mosque in the Syrian capital today, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and long-time supporter of President Bashar Assad along with at least 40 other people.
The assassination of Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti removes one of the few remaining pillars of support for the Alawite leader among the majority sect that has risen up against him.
The powerful explosion struck as al-Buti, an 84-year-old cleric and religious scholar who appeared often on TV, was giving a religious lesson in the Eman Mosque in the central Mazraa district of Damascus, according to state TV.
The Eman Mosque was completely destroyed after a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti
A suicide bomber blew himself up during evening prayers inside a mosque in Damascus Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and longtime supporter of President Bashar Assad
But today's explosion marked the first time a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a mosque.
Syrian TV footage showed wounded people and bodies with severed limbs on the blood-stained floor and later, bodies covered in white body bags lined up in rows. Sirens wailed through the capital as ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion, which was sealed off by the military.
Al-Buti's death was a blow to Syria's embattled leader, who is fighting mainly Sunni rebels seeking his removal.
Al-Buti has been a vocal supporter of his regime since the early days of Assad's father and predecessor, the late President Hafez Assad.
Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, a top Sunni Muslim preacher and longtime supporter of President Bashar Assad was killed in a suicide bombing in the Eman Mosque, at the Mazraa district
He was the regular preacher of the eighth century Omayyad Mosque, but Syrian TV said he was giving a religious sermon to students at Eman Mosque when the explosion occurred.
In recent months, Syrian TV has carried his sermon from mosques in Damascus live every week. He also has a regular religious TV programme.
Syrian TV began its evening newscast with a phone announcement from the religious endowments minister, Mohammad Abdelsattar al-Sayyed, declaring al-Buti's 'martyrdom' as his voice choked up. It then showed parts of his sermon last Friday in which he praised the military for battling the 'mercenaries' and said Syria was being subjected to a 'universal conspiracy'.
Assad's regime refers to the rebels fighting against it as 'terrorists' and 'mercenaries' who are backed by foreign powers trying to destabilise the country.
Syrian doctors treat an injured man who was wounded at the Eman Mosque where a suicide bomber blew up an 84-year-old cleric known to all Syrians as a religious scholar
Syrian TV footage showed wounded people and bodies with severed limbs on the blood-stained floor and later, bodies covered in white body bags lined up in rows
The rebels also captured a village and other territory on the edge of the Golan Heights today as fighting closed in on the strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and later annexed, activists and officials said.
The battles near the town of Quneitra in south-west Syria sent many residents fleeing, including dozens who crossed into neighbouring Lebanon. The fighting in the sensitive area began yesterday near the ceasefire line between Syrian and Israeli troops.
One of the worst-case scenarios for Syria's civil war is that it could draw in neighbouring countries such as Israel or Lebanon.
The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels seized control of parts of villages a few miles from the cease-fire line with Israel after fierce fighting with regime forces.
The Local Coordination Committees, another anti-regime activist group, reported heavy fighting in the nearby village of Sahm al-Golan and said rebels are attacking an army post.
Medics attend to a wounded patient from the explosion site which killed more than 40 people, as Syria's civil war rages on
Syrian State television blamed the death of Sheikh Mohamed Said al-Bouti on 'terrorist gangs', a term used by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to refer to rebels fighting for his overthrow
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