Three Car Bombs Hit Damascus, at Least Seven People Killed

An army soldier uses his mobile at a blast site as people inspect the damage in the Baytara traffic circle near the Old City of Damascus, Syria July 2, 2017. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki

BEIRUT/DAMASCUS—Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, killing at least seven people in the first suicide bombings in the Syrian capital since jihadists attacked in March.

Security forces stopped the terrorists from reaching their targets which would have led to more deaths, officials told state TV, saying the bombers had aimed to hit busy areas on the first day back to work after the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Damascus was hit by two separate, multiple suicide bomb attacks in March, one of them claimed by the ISIS terrorist group and the other by the Islamic insurgent alliance Tahrir al-Sham.

Damaged cars are seen at one of the blast sites in Damascus in this handout picture posted on SANA on July 2, 2017, Syria. SANA/Handout via Reuters