Summary
- A shooting attack targeting a bus in central Syria on Wednesday killed seven people and injured four others, according to the country’s state media.
- Just before the bus shooting, state media reported an explosion involving a gas pipeline near one of Syria’s major power stations outside Damascus.
- On August 22, a bomb attack targeting a bus carrying members of Syria’s internal security forces near Damascus injured several people.
The attackers responsible for the incident in Homs province have not yet been identified, the official news agency Sana reported.
An unnamed security source had earlier provided AFP with a preliminary death toll of five.
The passengers included “engineers and workers from a private company”, along with an employee of the Syrian Electricity Company who was among those killed, the security source said.
Syrian authorities have faced serious security difficulties since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government at the end of 2024, with Damascus and surrounding areas experiencing several attacks.
Just before the bus shooting, state media reported an explosion involving a gas pipeline near one of Syria’s major power stations outside Damascus. The incident came two days after another pipeline was reportedly sabotaged in eastern Syria.
On August 22, a bomb attack targeting a bus carrying members of Syria’s internal security forces near Damascus injured several people.
Earlier in August, an explosion on a bus in Jaramana, a town near Damascus with Christian and Druze communities, wounded 14 people.
In July, two explosions occurred near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying during an official visit, although he was not present at the time.
The blasts killed one person and injured 36 others. Authorities later announced the arrest of those responsible, saying they were affiliated with the Islamic State group.
