Syria Tension Grows -- Wall Street Journal
Damascus Attack Stokes Fear of More-Violent Civil Conflict
An attack in Syria's capital on Sunday that appeared to target the ruling Baath Party's Damascus headquarters raised fears that an increasingly militarized conflict could move beyond the control of Syria's political opposition, forcing them to eventually choose sides in a civil war between the government and its armed opponents, analysts and diplomats said.
Reports of the attack, whose details remain murky and which Syria's government denies, are the first in the heart of the capital, after a peaceful protest movement began to see people take up arms over the summer. The Free Syrian Army, a group of defected soldiers that formed in July, stepped up its operations last week, claiming two attacks against government buildings around Damascus.
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