Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of the Sunni Muslim mufti of Syria's capital, Damascus, who was killed by a car bomb on Thursday. Sheikh Mohammad Adnan al-Afiyuni died when his vehicle was targeted with an explosive device outside the city. Sheikh Afiyuni, an ally of President Bashar a»»»

A prominent Syrian Muslim cleric in charge of the Damascus region was killed Thursday when a bomb planted in his car exploded outside the capital, state news agency SANA said. Adnan al-Afiyuni, the Sunni Muslim mufti for Damascus province, was considered to be close to President Bashar al-Assad. Th»»»