Thanks for pointing to this source ganeshpuri89.
UPDATE:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.alarabiya.net/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Darabiya%26num%3D30%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8
"No one was injured diplomats to "harm"
4 militants killed in an attack on the American embassy in Damascus"
Damascus-agencies
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reporter French Press Agency that security forces had closed all roads leading into the area and prevented the movement of traffic and pedestrians."
I took a look at some of the comments posted at that site. Frightening.