Syria arrests suspect after a deadly church attack kills 25 in Damascus: Report
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Syrian authorities announced that arrests have been made in connection with a fatal suicide bombing that claimed at least 25 lives at a Greek Orthodox church on Sunday.
The Home Office has reported the arrests of “many criminals involved in the attack.” The Orthodox era has been reported.
Home Minister Anas Hattab said the operation was carried out against “a place related to the cells of the Islamic State of terrorist organizations,” the outlet reported.
The explosive devices and motorcycles trapped in booby were also recovered “against cells associated with Daesh (IS) terrorist groups” during a security operation near Damascus. According to France 24.
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In this photo, released by Syrian official news agency SANA, civil defense workers investigate the damage inside the Maríaras Church. There, on Sunday, June 22, 2025, a suicide bomb attack on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, exploded in Dowail. (Sana via AP)
The announcement comes hours after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed to capture all those who participated and “planned this heinous crime and put them on trial.”
At least 25 people have been killed and 63 people have been injured in an attack at Maríaes Church in Dvaiyur, on the outskirts of Damascus. It reportedly started While people pray. The assailant first fired at the worshippers, then exploded himself.
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Syrian citizens and security forces will inspect the damage inside the Maríaes Church, which exploded in Davailles on Sunday, June 22, 2025 by a suicide bomber on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
While no group immediately argued responsibility for the attack, Syrian Home Affairs spokesman Nurededin Al Baba proposed that ISIS is likely to be the perpetrator following a preliminary investigation.
“The safety of places of worship is the red line,” Al Baba further said, denounced ISIS, and the rest of the former government of Baatist dictator Bashar al-Assad is the rest of his role as an actor. It will destabilize Syria.
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The attack “remindes the importance of solidarity and the importance of unity for those facing all those who threaten the security and stability of our country and ours,” Sharaa said of the church bombing.
After the suicide bombing of June 22, 2025, people gather outside the Mar Elias church in Dweil’a. (bakr alkasem/afp via gettty emmess)
The attack comes at a time when the infamous, unstable political unrest has risen middle east – Less than 24 hours after the US launched airstrikes at three top Iranian nuclear facilities.
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Israel launched a series of similar attacks a few weeks ago, including an attack on Iran’s capital, Tehran.
Kyle Schmidbauer and the Associated Press of Fox News contributed to this report.
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