opter ▁at ▁dawn ▁and ▁had ▁ordered ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁additional ▁government ▁troops ▁and ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁personnel ▁carri ers ▁from ▁H ama ▁province ▁( ar my ▁units ▁ 5 ▁and ▁ 6 ). ▁S AN A ▁made ▁no ▁mention ▁of ▁any ▁visit . ▁ ▁On ▁ 3 ▁October , ▁three ▁suic ide ▁car ▁bomb s ▁expl oded ▁at ▁the ▁eastern ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁Sa adal lah ▁Al - J ab iri ▁Square ▁killing ▁ 3 4 . ▁More ▁than ▁ 1 2 2 ▁people ▁were ▁reported ▁to ▁be ▁heavily ▁injured . ▁Islam ist ▁milit ant ▁group ▁J ab hat ▁Al - N us ra ▁claimed ▁responsibility . ▁The ▁bomb s ▁target ed ▁the ▁Offic ers ' ▁club ▁and ▁the ▁nearby ▁buildings ▁of ▁the ▁Tour istic ▁Hotel ▁and ▁the ▁historic ▁J ou ha ▁C afé . ▁The ▁hotel ▁received ▁major ▁damage ▁while ▁the ▁c afé ▁was ▁entirely ▁destroyed . ▁A ▁small ▁building ▁within ▁the ▁Offic ers ' ▁club ▁was ▁ru ined ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Government ▁troops ▁killed ▁two ▁more ▁would - be ▁suic ide ▁bom bers ▁before ▁they ▁could ▁det on ate ▁their ▁explos ives . ▁Sy rian ▁state ▁TV ▁showed ▁the ▁bodies ▁of ▁three ▁men ▁we aring ▁army ▁uniform s ▁at ▁the ▁bomb ▁site . ▁One ▁of ▁them ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁we aring ▁an ▁explos ive ▁bel t ▁with ▁a ▁timer ▁tied ▁to ▁his ▁w rist . ▁Later , ▁al - Q a eda - link ed ▁extrem ist ▁milit ant ▁group ▁the ▁Al