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Syrian soldier killed, 18 people wounded by car bomb in Damascus

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19-05-2026 | 10:11

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Syrian soldier killed, 18 people wounded by car bomb in Damascus

One Syrian soldier was killed and at least 18 people were wounded by a car bomb that exploded on Tuesday outside a Defense 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 Defence ⁠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 injured people had been taken to hospitals after ⁠the explosion.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

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