A bomb outside a Defense Ministry building in the Syrian capital has killed one soldier and wounded about a dozen other people.

Syrian security personnel inspect the site of an explosion outside a Defense Ministry building in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulrahman Shaheen) Syrian security personnel ...

Blast occurs near Defence Ministry building in Bab Sharqi district of the capital.

Syria’s Defense Ministry says a car explosion near a building affiliated with it in Damascus today killed a soldier. In a statement, the ministry says the army had been dismantling another explosive ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — A bomb exploded outside a Defense Ministry building in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, killing one soldier and wounding about a dozen other people, the ministry and state media ...

A car bomb explosion in Syria’s capital Damascus killed at least one person near the Old City, prompting authorities to launch a security investigation into the incident.

IDLIB, Syria — Idris al-Ridah wept as he carried the lifeless body of his 6-year-old son Amir, wrapped in a yellow and brown blanket, in northwest Syria. The father collapsed to the ground as he laid ...

A Syrian soldier was killed by a car bomb in Damascus on Tuesday and at least 23 other people were injured in the latest security incident in the capital. What happened: The Syrian official news ...