Blasts strike Syrian capital

Damaged vehicles and rubble are strewn along the street following twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus on March 17, 2012. At least 27 people - civilians and police - were killed, according to state television. Preliminary reports suggested that vehicles packed with explosives had been blown up.

Syrian police inspect the damage outside the criminal police headquarters in the Duwar al-Jamarek following two bombings targeting security buildings in Damascus, on March 17, 2012. At least 27 people were killed, mostly civilians, and almost 100 wounded in two huge bomb blasts in the Syrian capital, the health minister announced on a state television channel.

In this photo released by the official Syrian news agency SANA, firefighters extinguish a fire in a damaged building near the aviation intelligence department which was attacked by one of two explosions, in Damascus, Saturday, March 17, 2012. Twin bombings struck government targets in the Syrian capital early Saturday, killing security forces and civilians and leaving pools of blood and carnage in the streets, according to state-run television.

A passenger van destroyed and covered in blood is seen outside the criminal police headquarters in the Duwar al-Jamarek following two bombings targeting security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012. At least 27 people were killed, mostly civilians, and almost 100 wounded in two huge bomb blasts in the Syrian capital, the health minister announced on a state television channel.

Syrian security forces walk through the destruction following two bombings targeting security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012.

In this photo released by the official Syrian news agency SANA, burnt and destroyed cars are seen near the aviation intelligence department, which was attacked by one of two explosions, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012.

Syrian security forces and others gather around a crater in front of a damaged building, following twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012.

Syrian police inspect the damage outside the criminal police headquarters in the Duwar al-Jamarek following two bombings targeting security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012.

In this photo released by the official Syrian news agency SANA, Syrian army soldiers and security officers inspect the blast area in front of a damaged building of the air intelligence forces, which was attacked by one of two explosions, in Damascus, Saturday, March 17, 2012.

A view of the damaged criminal police headquarters in the Duwar al-Jamarek following two bombings targeting security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012. At least 27 people were killed, mostly civilians, and almost 100 wounded in two huge bomb blasts in the Syrian capital, the health minister announced on a state television channel.

In this photo released by the official Syrian news agency SANA, a Syrian Red Crescent volunteer carries a man who was wounded by an explosion in attacks on two government targets in Damascus, Saturday, March 17, 2012.

Parked cars are damaged following twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012. At least 27 people were killed, mostly civilians, and almost 100 wounded in two huge bomb blasts in the Syrian capital, the health minister announced on a state television channel.

A Syrian man inspects the damage on a building following two bombings targeting security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012.

A banner with the image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen wrapped around a tree outside the site of a bomb attack on the criminal police headquarters, in Damascus, on March 17, 2012.

A Syrian looks at the damage inside one of two buildings targeted by bombings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012.

A plainclothes Syrian security officer inspects the scene at a destroyed building following twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012.

Syrian residents look at the damage outside their homes following twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the capital Damascus on March 17, 2012.

A damaged vehicle is removed following twin bomb attacks on security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus, March 17, 2012.

In this photo released by the official Syrian news agency SANA, a destroyed car is seen inside the park of the Syrian criminal security department which was attacked by an explosion, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012.