Syria on Sunday hinted at foreign involvement in a deadly weekend car bombing, with its state-run media saying the objective was to undermine Damascus' efforts to emerge from years of international isolation.
Saturday's 440 pound car bomb near a Syrian security complex on the southern outskirts of the capital killed 17 people. It was the biggest _ and deadliest _ in the tightly controlled country since the 1980s when authorities fought an uprising by Muslim militants.
It also underlined weaknesses in the Syrian regime's tight grip and the conflicting pressures it is exposed to as it attempts to change course and adopt more moderate policies on its neighbors …
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