US EditionShadowy Extremist Group Claims Damascus Church Attack
- On Sunday, June 22, 2025, a suicide bombing and rifle attack at the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church in Damascus killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens.
- The attack followed the December ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad and occurred amid ongoing sectarian violence and a fragile security situation in Syria.
- The Sunni extremist group Saraya Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility, but authorities and HTS blamed ISIS-linked cells, arresting suspects in a security operation on Monday.
- Spokesman Noureddine al-Baba stated that the group responsible for the attack is officially affiliated with Daesh, while Patriarch John X described the incident as a dreadful crime and noted it was the most severe mass killing of Christians in Syria since 1860.
- The attack heightened fears over protecting minorities in Syria and raised doubts about the new authorities' ability to ensure security, prompting calls for stronger intelligence cooperation.
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HTS Offshoot Claims Credit for Damascus Church Bombing - News From Antiwar.com
On Sunday, a massive suicide bomb attack tore through the important Greek Orthodox church Mar Elias in Damascus, killing 27 and wounding dozens more. The huge attack just added to the spate of sectarian violence across Syria, which undercuts the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government’s claim to be protecting…
Was the Dweila Church Bombing Planned Months in Advance? - The Syrian Observer
On Sunday, a deadly suicide bombing struck the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighbourhood of Damascus, killing 25 worshippers and injuring dozens more. The attack, carried out by an armed man who opened fire on congregants before detonating an explosive belt, is being treated as a major security test for Syria’s transitional government. Authorities swiftly blamed ISIS for the attack, claiming the group had previously attempted similar bombings…
‘They Targeted a Church; Tomorrow, It Could Be a Mosque’: IS-Linked Terror Cell Arrested After Deadly Damascus Church Bombing - The Media Line
The Syrian Ministry of the Interior announced […] The post ‘They Targeted a Church; Tomorrow, It Could Be a Mosque’: IS-Linked Terror Cell Arrested After Deadly Damascus Church Bombing appeared first on The Media Line.
Solemn farewell for victims of Damascus church bombing amid anger at government silence
Mourners gather at the Church of the Holy Cross in Qassaa, Damascus, on June 24, 2025, around white caskets of some of the worshippers who lost their lives in a terrorist attack at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria’s capit... [...]
In Syria, a mysterious jihadist group named "Sunni partisan brigade" claimed responsibility for the booby-bombing attack on Sunday, June 22 in an Orthodox church in Damascus. The result was 25 dead and 63 wounded. This claim questions, while the Syrian authorities continue to claim that the attack was perpetrated by the Islamic State.
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