Syrian soldier killed and at least 18 people wounded by Damascus car bomb
One Syrian soldier was killed and at least 18 people were wounded by a car bomb that exploded on Tuesday outside a defence ministry building in Damascus, authorities said.
Soldiers had discovered a different bomb near the building in the capital’s Bab Sharqi district and were trying to dismantle it when the car bomb went off nearby, the ministry said in a statement carried by state media.
The head of Syria‘s ambulance and emergency directorate, Najib al-Nassan, told state-owned agency SANA that 18 wounded people had been taken to hospitals after the explosion.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
In June last year, an explosion in a Damascus church killed 25 people. Little-known Sunni extremist group Saraya Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the attack, while authorities blamed the Islamic State group.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters and AFP)
The fact that one Syrian soldier was killed and at least 18 people were wounded by a car bomb that exploded on Tuesday outside a defence ministry building in Damascus, authorities said really puts things into perspective.
When you look at a car bomb that exploded outside a defence ministry building in Damascus Tuesday killed one Syrian soldier and wounded at least 18 people, authorities said, the implications are hard to ignore.
Damascus Tuesday has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Damascus Tuesday has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
In other words one Syrian soldier was killed and at least 18 people were wounded by a car bomb that exploded on Tuesday outside a defence ministry building in Damascus, authorities said. Curious to see how this develops.
So the bottom line is a car bomb that exploded outside a defence ministry building in Damascus Tuesday killed one Syrian soldier and wounded at least 18 people, authorities said. Wonder how this will land.
When you look at one Syrian soldier was killed and at least 18 people were wounded by a car bomb that exploded on Tuesday outside a defence ministry building in Damascus, authorities said, the implications are hard to ignore.
Think about it: one Syrian soldier was killed and at least 18 people were wounded by a car bomb that exploded on Tuesday outside a defence ministry building in Damascus, authorities said. That speaks volumes.
When you look at the head of Syria’s ambulance and emergency directorate, Najib al-Nassan, told state-owned agency SANA that 18 wounded people had been taken to hospitals after the explosion, the implications are hard to ignore.
Bab Sharqi has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
If a car bomb that exploded outside a defence ministry building in Damascus Tuesday killed one Syrian soldier and wounded at least 18 people, authorities said, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
One Syrian is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
The detail about in June last year, an explosion in a Damascus church killed 25 people is something people should sit with.
25 people — and that is probably just the official count.