INSIGHT - Deadly blast strikes heart of Assad's rule

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The suicide bomber who attacked a crisis meeting of Bashar al-Assad's security officials on Wednesday did more than just kill and wound some of Syria's most senior figures. He blew apart the inner circle of trusted kin that the Syrian president has relied on to control every aspect of the state he inherited from his father, and was counting on to crush the 16-month-old ...