敍利亞國家電視台大樓遭受爆炸

Syrian state media say a bomb has exploded at the state television building in Damascus, wounding several people.

The station remained on the air Monday following the blast, which ripped through the third floor of the building.

A pro-government, private TV station, which itself was hit with a deadly blast in June, broadcast images of the building's damaged walls, wires dangling from a collapsed ceiling and people walking through smoke-filled hallways.

Syrian opposition activists are reporting continued attacks by government forces in the northern city of Aleppo Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the army is shelling several neighborhoods in Aleppo, and that at least two civilians have been killed.

The country's biggest city has become a key battleground in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, as government forces are reported to have massed for what is expected to be a strong offensive against the opposition.

Meanwhile, U.S. senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham say the United States should provide direct assistance to the opposition, including weapons, intelligence and training.敍利亞官方媒體報道説，一枚炸彈在大馬士革國家電視台大樓爆炸，炸傷數人。

星期一的爆炸發生後，電視台繼續播放節目。炸彈在大樓第三層爆炸。

一家支持政府的私人電視台播出了國家電視台大樓被炸燬的牆壁的畫面，電線從坍塌的房頂上懸下，人們在煙霧瀰漫的樓道里穿行。這傢俬人電視台今年6月也遭到致使人員死傷的襲擊。

敍利亞反政府活動人士説，政府軍星期一繼續攻打北部城市阿勒頗。敍利亞人權瞭望台説，政府軍對阿勒頗幾個城區進行炮轟，至少兩名平民被打死。

阿勒頗是敍利亞最大的城市，目前已經成為反抗敍利亞總統阿薩德政權的主要戰場。據報道，敍利亞政府軍在阿勒頗集結，預計將對反對派發起大規模攻勢。

與此同時，美國參議員麥凱恩、利伯曼和格雷厄姆説，美國應當向反對派直接提供援助，包括武器、情報和訓練。