Damascus, Oct 30, SPA --The US embassy in Damascus is closing for one dayon Thursday for security reasons, dpa quoted the embassy's website as saying. Several Syrian organizations protested in the streets against a USraid on Sunday inside Syrian territory, in which the US said ittargeted an al-Qaeda leader. Syria says eight civilians were killed. Protestors chanted national slogans and carried pictures of theSyrian President Bashar al-Assad. So far the US government has not given an official clarificationof the attack.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/602751