Syria Blames Al-Qaida for Damascus Attack Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Syrian security men inspect damage inside the General Intelligence headquarters, which was targeted by a suicide attack, in Damascus on December 23, 2011. ( LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC