News

Blast kills 7 children in southern Syria: state media

By AFP

April 6, 2024 08:13 PM


Twitter Share Facebook Share WhatsApp Share

Seven children were killed in southern Syria's Daraa province on Saturday when an "explosive device" detonated, state media reported.

"Seven children" were killed "and two other people were injured, one of them a woman, when an explosive device planted by terrorists" went off in the city of Sanamayn, state news agency SANA reported, quoting a police source.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor gave a different toll, saying that "eight children of different ages were killed and another was wounded" in the blast.

The Britain-based monitor said militias were accused of planting the device to target an unidentified person in the area.

Daraa was the cradle of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule but it was returned to government control in 2018 under a ceasefire deal backed by Russia.

The province has since been plagued by killings, clashes, and dire living conditions.

Syria's war, which escalated into a deadly conflict that pulled in jihadists and foreign armies, has killed more than 507,000 people, displaced millions, and battered the country's infrastructure and industry.


AFP


Most Read

  1. Durefishan and Bilal Abbas are secretly Nikahfied, claims YouTuber Maria Durefishan and Bilal Abbas are secretly Nikahfied, claims YouTuber Maria
  2. Arhaan Khan shocks Malaika Arora by selling her clothes Arhaan Khan shocks Malaika Arora by selling her clothes
  3. Anushka-Virat shower paparazzi with gift hampers for respecting their children's privacy Anushka-Virat shower paparazzi with gift hampers for respecting their children's privacy
  4. Alizeh Shah responds to haters over her latest fashion choice Alizeh Shah responds to haters over her latest fashion choice
  5. Life sans internet service returns to normalcy in Azad Kashmir Life sans internet service returns to normalcy in Azad Kashmir
  6. Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns

Opinion

  1. Alice Munro, Canada's 'Chekhov'
    Alice Munro, Canada's 'Chekhov'

    By AFP

  2. Pak-Saudi-Iran economic proximity
    Pak-Saudi-Iran economic proximity

    By News Desk

  3. Military Establishment rules out any deal with what it terms a ‘bunch of anarchists’
    Military Establishment rules out any deal with what it terms a ‘bunch of anarchists’

    By Salim Bokhari

  4. 9th May - A year later
    9th May - A year later

    By Mutaza Solangi

  5. Everything but the truth in Telegraph
    Everything but the truth in Telegraph

    By Mutaza Solangi

  6. PM Shehbaz Sharif, WEF and Pakistan
    PM Shehbaz Sharif, WEF and Pakistan

    By Naveed Aman Khan