One Syrian soldier was killed and a number were wounded by a car bomb that exploded outside a Defence Ministry building in Damascus, the ministry said in a statement carried by state media. 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. Syria’s health ministry said emergency and ambulance teams had responded to the explosion. Around 12 people were wounded. The injured were being transferred to nearby hospitals and medical teams were continuing to provide treatment and monitor their condition, it said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The post Syrian soldier killed by car bomb near Defence Ministry building in Damascus appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.
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Syrian soldier killed by car bomb near Defence Ministry building in Damascus
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