person killed in a car attack in Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus

An explosion was heard in the Mazzeh neighborhood in the center of the capital, Damascus, where initial information indicated that a car was targeted in a bombing operation, according to media sources.

Al-Watan newspaper, which is close to the Damascus government, also reported that the news indicates that a person was killed as a result of targeting a car in front of the Golden Mazzeh Hotel on the Mazzeh highway.

The Voice of the Capital website also reported that the targeted car was near a headquarters where a funeral was being held for the leader of the Hamas movement, Yahya Sinwar.

The website indicated that one person was killed and another survived in the targeting of the car in the Mazzeh neighborhood, and that the person killed was the leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, Ziad Nakhalah.

For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that an explosion rocked the Mazzeh neighborhood in Damascus, resulting from the assassination of a person by targeting a car near the Ministry of Information building, with a missile launched by a drone, likely Israeli, which led to its burning and the killing and wounding of those inside.

T/ Satt.

ANHA