The U.S.flag is seen over the U.S. embassy in Damascus, which was the target of a gunmen attack September 12, 2006. Four gunmen attacked the U.S. embassy in Damascus on Tuesday, but failed to harm any American diplomats before all four were killed, a Syrian official said. Syrian state television said the attackers had tried to detonate a car bomb in front of the embassy but had failed. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)