MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA SITUATION REPORT AS OF 03 OCTOBER 2012 <SANITIZED>

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06686832
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• Original Classification: U
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2018
• Case Number: F-2015-01087
• Publication Date: October 3, 2012

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Middle East and North Africa Situation Report as of 03 October
03 Ortnhpr 2012
Syria/Fighting. At least three bombs this morning exploded in central Aleppo,
ing at east 21 and wounding 66, mostly military personnel
If'he blasts struck Saadallah al-Jabiri
Square, near a military officers' club and a hotel,
The Al Nusrah Front, the public face of Al Qa'ida in Iraq's Syria-based
network, claimed responsibility for the attack,
Regime forces today carried out security operations in the town of Qudsaya,
west of Damascus Activists in the area reported regime
forces cordoned off the town before striking it with artillery,
(U) This report was prepared by the Office of Middle East and North Africa Analysis. Comments and
queries are welcome and may be directed to the Chief, Middle East Task Force, MENA
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yria/Turkey: Ankara has retaliated against the shelling from Syria into its territory by
striking targets in Syria and may pursue other retaliatory measures, such as demanding the
(b)(3) Syrians remove their artillery from the border. Three mortar rounds fell on the Turkish border
town of Akcakale at about 1530 local time yesterday killing five civilians, and wounding at least
nine others, two seriously, The dead reportedly include a mother, her
three children, and another woman; three of the wouns ed are reportedly police. This event marks
the first time civilian Turks have been killed on Turkish territory from violence associated with
the conflict in Syria.
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