(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130429_syria_blast.photoblog600.jpg)APThis photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows firefighters extinguishing burning cars after a blast in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Monday.BEIRUT- Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus on Monday, Syrian state media and Hezbollah's al-Manar television reported.
"The terrorist explosion in al-Mezze was an attempt to target the convoy of the prime minister. Doctor Wael al-Halqi is well and not hurt at all," state television said.Republican lawmakers on Sunday continued their push for U.S. intervention in Syria. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.It had earlier reported that a "terrorist explosion" in the Mezze district, where many government and military institutions are situated and where senior Syrian officials live, had caused casualties.
A picture uploaded by opposition activists showed thick black smoke rising from the purported site of the explosion.
The Britain-based Syria Observatory for Human Rights (http://syriahr.com/en/), which has a network of sources across Syria, said initial reports indicated one person accompanying the prime minister had been killed.
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