vowing to take revenge. they claim jerusalem and al qaeda are now allies. let's go to damascus. what you can tell us? >> reporter: good morning. this region of course is on the edge even in the best of times. but now after this, all of those tensions are just that much higher. but as you said, the syrians threatening retaliation as their military licks its wounds. it was at around 3:00 a.m. local time that gigantic explosions lit up the skies. one deafening blast after another, it went on for more than an hour. rocking a large military area in the suburbs of syria's capital and prompting terrified near account nearby residents to run for cover. this family lives a little over a mile away. the daughter tells me what happened. >> after the first two bombs, we kept hearing explosions.