Video: Damascus bomb witness: nobody knows how many people have died The explosions hit a busy junction in the al-Qazaz district shortly before 8am on Thursday morning as children and commuters were on their way to school and work. The twin bomb explosions incinerated people in their cars and damaged an intelligence complex involved in President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on a 14-month-old uprising. The bombings, the deadliest in the Syrian capital since the revolt began, further shredded a ceasefire which was declared by international mediator Kofi Annan on April 12, but which has failed to halt bloodshed pitting Assad's security forces against peaceful demonstrators and an array of armed insurgents.