Car bomb kills 8 as Syria says it foiled wider attack

By ALBERT AJI
DAMASCUS, Syria— A suicide car bomb killed at least eight people in a rare attack in the heart of Syria’s capital on Sunday, as authorities said they foiled a wider assault by intercepting two other explosives-laden vehicles.
The attack unfolded ahead of the morning commute on the first work day after a major Muslim holiday. The Interior Ministry said security forces tracked all three cars and intercepted two of them at checkpoints on the airport road. The third made it