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Bomb rips through Damascus suburb; killing 2, including child

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On Saturday evening, November 15, 2026, a car bomb exploded in the southern Damascus suburb of Jaramana, Syria, killing two people including a child and injuring at least one person. The blast occurred near a battery factory, prompting security forces to secure the area and launch an investigation. The incident is part of a series of explosions in Damascus and its suburbs since the end of Assad family rule in December 2024.
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Damascus Druze Jaramana Syria the Interior Ministry

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Damascus GPE · 2× Jaramana GPE · 2× the Interior Ministry ORG · 2× Assad PERSON · 1× Bashar Assad PERSON · 1× Druze NORP · 1× Islamist NORP · 1× Sunni Muslim NORP · 1× Syria GPE · 1× Syrians NORP · 1×

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An explosive device placed inside a car in a suburb of Syria’s capital exploded on Saturday evening (November 15, 2026), killing two people and wounding at least one, state TV and the Interior Ministry said.
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2026-11-15 · The Hindu
Bomb rips through Damascus suburb; killing 2, including child · assertive framing

Claims (8 extracted, 0 hedged)

An explosive device placed inside a car in a suburb of Syria’s capital exploded on Saturday evening (November 15, 2026), killing two people and wounding at least one, state TV and the Interior Ministry said. asserted
TV → place → one
The explosion took place in the southern Damascus suburb of Jaramana near a factory where batteries are produced, state TV said. asserted
TV → take → factory
It said two people were killed and two were wounded, without giving further details. asserted
two → say → details
The Interior Ministry said the dead included a child, adding that one person was wounded. asserted
person → say → child
It said security forces cordoned off the area and started an investigation. asserted
forces → say → investigation
Several explosions have taken place in Damascus and its suburbs in recent months as the country’s security remains fragile nearly two years after five decades of Assad family rule ended in December 2024. asserted
decades → take → December
Militants stormed the capital and removed then-President Bashar Assad from power. asserted
Militants → storm → power
The suburb has faced tensions between some members of the community and Sunni Muslim Syrians supportive of the country’s current Islamist-led government. asserted
suburb → face → government
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