"One activist in Damascus, who gave only a first name, Moaz, for safety
reasons, said he believed that the government was behind the bombing in
Barzeh and an explosion that killed at least 30 people on Wednesday
at a gas station in Mleiha, an eastern suburb of Damascus. Both areas
have been contested recently by rebels fighting the government of
President Bashar al-Assad.
Moaz said the attacks were reminiscent of a spate of airstrikes and artillery attacks on bakeries, which are among the few places that people congregate in war-torn cities, where bread is typically scarce." Would you not love to know how Ms. Barnard obtained the phone number of the all-knowing Mr. Moaz? (Or is Maoz?) Is there a special phone book that New York Times reporters rely on for such calls and skypes?
