Damascus, Aug 22, 2025 (AFP) - Suicide bombing kills Syria police officer: state media

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2025-08-22

A suicide attack on Friday at a security checkpoint in Syria's east killed one police officer, state media said, blaming the bombing on the Islamic State group (IS). A second would-be assailant was killed by security forces, the official news agency SANA reported. "A suicide bomber of the terrorist organisation Daesh attacked the Siyasiyeh checkpoint" in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, SANA said, using an Arabic acronym to refer to IS. "The forc......

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