A suicide bomber attacks a church on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on June 22, 2025. (BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images) Security forces and first-responders rushed to the church.

Armed men standing guard outside the Catholic Church in Damascus. AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki “This cowardly act goes against the civic values that brings us together,” he said on X.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday, health authorities ...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Syrian government troops will be blocked from the area south of the capital Damascus to protect the Druze minority following Israel's attacks in ...

Western diplomats were within metres of Israeli strikes in Damascus, sources say By Timour Azhari July 17, 20255:06 AM PDTUpdated July 17, 2025 ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Western diplomats were passing near Syria's defence ministry in Damascus in an armoured convoy when Israel struck the building with several missiles on Wednesday, according to ...