ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two people, including a young girl, were killed and another person was injured on Saturday after an explosive device detonated inside a car in Jaramana, in Syria’s Rif Dimashq province, according to the Syrian Interior Ministry.
The ministry’s Internal Security Forces said an improvised explosive device (IED) planted inside a vehicle exploded in the city, prompting security forces to cordon off the area and launch an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
The forces said they had “imposed a security cordon at the scene and launched investigations to uncover the circumstances of the explosion.”
State-run al-Ikhbariya TV initially reported that an explosion had been heard near Jaramana, with preliminary information suggesting it had occurred at a battery manufacturing factory.
However, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the blast occurred in a Kia Rio car near al-Naseem Corniche, close to the al-Suwayda garage in Jaramana.
The war monitor said that conflicting reports had emerged over the nature and location of the explosion. Verification efforts were ongoing to establish its exact cause and origin.
The incident comes amid a series of deadly explosions across Syria in recent months, including at military facilities and weapons storage sites, highlighting the persistent security threats posed by explosive remnants of the country's prolonged conflict.
On September 21, at least four people were injured in a series of explosions at a Syrian army site in the al-Hadaba area, west of al-Eis in southern Aleppo countryside.
Earlier that month, 11 Syrian Defense Ministry personnel were killed in an explosion at a military position in the Ayyash area, west of Deir ez-Zor city. Another blast at a temporary weapons and war-remnants storage facility near Sarmada in northwestern Idlib province killed 14 Defense Ministry personnel and wounded more than 10 others, including civilians.
Syria continues to grapple with the consequences of more than a decade of conflict, with unexploded ordnance, abandoned ammunition and other explosive remnants scattered across the country, posing an enduring threat to civilians and security personnel alike.
