Smoke rises over Bulgaria's Bourgas airport on July 18 after an attack on a bus packed with Israelis killed at least four people and left dozens wounded. Video footage of the attacker shows a long-haired man, around 36 years old, carrying a backpack in the airport terminal right before the blast. Although the source of the attack has not been confirmed, the Israeli government blamed Iran, exacerbating already strained relations between the two countries.
A woman sits with her grandson outside a damaged building in the central Syrian village of Treimsa, where more than 150 people were killed last week during an attack on anti-government rebels in the village. Heavy fighting in Damascus this week saw the deaths of at least three top military officials after a rebel bomb attack on the Syrian defense ministry. Government forces used tanks and helicopter gunships in Damascus neighborhoods.
