DAMACUS: 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 in order to target an unidentified person in the area.
Daraa was the cradle of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar 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.
Blast kills 7 children in southern Syria: state media
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Blast kills 7 children in southern Syria: state media
- Two other people were injured, one of them a woman, when an explosive device planted by terrorists” went off in the city of Sanamayn
- The Britain-based monitor said militias were accused of planting the device in order to target an unidentified person in the area
Italy urges its citizens to leave Iran, be vigilant across Middle East
- The ministry said travel to Iraq and Lebanon was also strongly discouraged
- It advised Italian nationals in Israel to exercise maximum caution
ROME: Italy’s foreign ministry on Friday urged its citizens to leave Iran and advised extreme caution across the Middle East, citing persistently unstable security conditions.
“Italians in (Iran) for tourism or whose presence is not strictly necessary are urged to depart,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that travel to Iraq and Lebanon was also strongly discouraged.
It advised Italian nationals in Israel to exercise maximum caution and remain vigilant.
Several governments have issued similar warnings in recent days. Britain said on Friday it had temporarily withdrawn its staff from Iran and closed its embassy amid rising regional tensions.
The United States has built up a large military presence across the Middle East ahead of a possible strike on Iran, as talks between the two countries over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions continue with no sign of a breakthrough.
