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Two bombs exploded on Tuesday near a hotel in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron spent the night, wounding 18 people and overshadowing the first visit to Syria by a European Union head of state since Bashar al-Assad was toppled. Macron, whose Read More …
An explosive device was detonated Thursday in a popular cafe in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing at least nine people, Syria’s Health Ministry said. The explosion near the main courthouse complex left 20 others wounded, the ministry said as Read More …
ISIS has claimed a series of attacks in Syria, including an IED strike near Damascus and a reported assault on security forces in Raqqa. The extremist group Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed a new attack in Syria, with Syrian state media Read More …
A soldier was martyred and several civilians were wounded after a car bomb exploded near a Defense Ministry building in the Bab Sharqi area of Damascus, the Defense Ministry’s Media and Communication Directorate told SANA. The directorate said a unit of Read More …
Four people were injured on Sunday after an explosion believed to have been caused by an improvised explosive device planted aboard a public transportation bus in Damascus’ al-Wurood neighborhood, a security source told Shafaq News. The blast damaged nearby shops Read More …
An explosive device planted inside an old car exploded this evening in the Mezzeh area of Damascus, causing no injuries. Commander of the Internal Security Forces in Damascus Governorate, Brigadier General Osama Mohammad Khair Atikah, said in a statement on Read More …
Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of the country’s Druze population – an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces. Read More …
A suicide bomber in Syria has carried out an attack inside a church filled with people, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more, according to the Syria’s Ministry of Health and security officials. The explosion in Dweil’a on Read More …
At least nine people have been killed in a suburb of the Syrian capital after clashes broke out between government forces and local Druze gunmen, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The fighting in Damascus’ suburb of Read More …
Syria opposition forces have declared that the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, hours after fighters entered the capital, Damascus, following a lightning advance across the country. In a statement broadcast live on Syrian national Read More …
A car explosion has killed one person in Syria’s capital Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim. The Mezze neighbourhood of Damascus houses the Iranian consulate, destroyed last month in a strike blamed on Israel. The attack Read More …
Six citizens were killed Thursday and nearly 23 others were injured in a terrorist explosion that targeted Assayida Zainab town in Damascus countryside. A motorcycle was detonated near a taxi of SABA at Kou Sudan street in Sayyida Zainab. Read Read More …
A Syrian police officer was killed and four others were wounded on Wednesday in a car bomb attack that was claimed by the Islamic State group. The Syrian interior ministry said a vehicle exploded at the Barzeh police station in Read More …
Damascus, SANA- An explosive device went off on Sunday evening in a civilian car in Mezzeh area in Damascus, without causing any casualties. A source at Damascus Police Command told SANA that an explosive device went off in a civilian Read More …
An improvised bomb has killed an Iranian colonel from the aerospace division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps near Syria’s capital Damascus, Iranian media reported Wednesday, blaming arch foe Israel. The Islamic republic regularly calls for the destruction of the Read More …
An explosive device planted by unknown persons exploded in a military vehicle belonging to the Damascus government forces in the town of Naimah, east of Daraa, amid reports of casualties among Damascus forces.. A military vehicle of Damascus forces was Read More …
A bomb attack on a military bus in central Damascus has killed 14 people, Syrian state media say. Two explosive devices attached to the vehicle blew up as it passed under Jisr al-Rais bridge during the morning rush hour, Sana Read More …
An explosion has rocked the district of al-Dahadil in Syria’s capital Damascus, bringing the number of bombings in the provinces of Damascus and Rif Dimasha to nine since the start of this year. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency Read More …
A blast has occurred in the Syrian capital of Damascus close to the Russian Embassy, the diplomatic mission has confirmed. The explosion has inflicted only material damage, according to SANA news agency. A car bomb detonated in the area, according Read More …