'US pleased with Damascus fatal attack' [James Jatras © PressTV]

In a terrorist attack against the Syrian government, foreign-backed armed groups have targeted top-ranking Syrian figures.

Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, his deputy Assef Shawkat and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani were killed while National Security Bureau chief General Hisham Bikhtiyar and Interior Minister Major General Mohammad Ibrahim al-Sha'ar were wounded in a bombing that hit the headquarters of the Syrian National Security Bureau on Wednesday.

Press TV has conducted an interview with James Jatras, a former US Senate Foreign Policy analyst from Washington, to further talk over the issue.