{"id":121632,"date":"2026-05-19T17:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/121632\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:22:27","slug":"car-bomb-in-damascus-kills-soldier-wounds-18-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/121632\/","title":{"rendered":"Car bomb in Damascus kills soldier, wounds 18 people"},"content":{"rendered":"

A car bomb exploded near a Defense Ministry building in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, killing one soldier and wounding at least 18 people, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Soldiers had discovered a different bomb near the building in the capital’s Bab Sharqi district and \u2060were trying \u2060to dismantle it when the car bomb went off nearby, the Defense Ministry said in a statement carried by state media.<\/p>\n

The \u2060head of Syria’s ambulance and emergency directorate, Najib al-Nassan, told state-owned agency SANA that 18 injured people had been \u2060taken \u200cto \u200chospitals after the \u2060explosion.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but such attacks in the past have been blamed on the Daesh terrorist group.<\/p>\n

Daesh has claimed such attacks since the Assad family was removed from power after five decades of rule by anti-regime groups that marched into Damascus in December 2024.<\/p>\n

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