DAMASCUS: An explosive device targeted a bus carrying Syrian security forces near Damascus on Saturday, resulting in injuries among the passengers, state media reported.
The attack took place on the Maarounah-Al-Tal road in the Damascus countryside, news agency SANA reported.
“Authorities are investigating the attack and working to identify those responsible,” the news agency added.
It published pictures showing a badly damaged bus at the side of a road, with its windows and one of its doors blown out and glass scattered on the front seat.
Syria’s authorities have faced significant security challenges since overthrowing Bashar Assad in late 2024, with Damascus and its suburbs the site of multiple attacks.
Earlier this month, a bus blast wounded 14 people in Jaramana, a town that hosts Christian and Druze communities near Damascus.
In July, two blasts went off near a hotel where visiting French President Emmanuel Macron had been staying, though he was not in the facility at the time.
That blast killed one person and wounded 36 others.
Authorities said they had arrested those responsible and that they were part of the Daesh extremist group.
Blast targets security forces’ bus near Damascus
Blast targets security forces’ bus near Damascus
- Several injured by the explosion on the Maarounah-Al-Tal road
