US EditionAt Least 3 Killed in Blast Targeting Police Station in Eastern Syria
- A car bomb exploded near a police station in Al-Mayadeen, eastern Syria, on Sunday, killing at least three police officers and injuring others.
- The blast followed security raids in Aleppo the previous day, where Syrian forces killed three Islamic State militants and arrested four suspects.
- Early examinations determined that the blast originated from a car bomb, creating a crater in the roadway and destroying a police vehicle.
- Khalil Abdulmoneim al-Ayoub, Al-Mayadeen’s director, said the explosion occurred at exactly 7:13 pm local time and killed three General Security members.
- Security officials imposed a curfew in the city and pledged to punish those responsible, while no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Deadly car bomb attack kills three policemen in eastern Syria
Three police officers were among four people killed in a car bomb attack near a police station in eastern Syria on Sunday, according to local reports. "Three police officers were martyred and two others were injured in an explosion that occurred today near the police station in the city of Al-Mayadeen in the eastern countryside of Deir Az-Zour," state news agency SANA reported. Syria TV later said that a civilian had also died in the blast, rais…
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Attentions are focusing on al-Mayadeen District in Syria’s Deir Ezzor Governorate today, after a late Monday suicide car bombing against a local police station killed at least five people and wounded a numbers of others. Syrian state media reported that three security officers were killed and several wounded in the…
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