{"id":7133,"date":"2026-01-01T04:23:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7133"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:23:47","slug":"suicide-bomber-kills-at-least-one-police-officer-in-syrias-aleppo-syrias-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7133","title":{"rendered":"Suicide bomber kills at least one police officer in Syria\u2019s Aleppo | Syria&#8217;s War News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Officials say a \u2018terrorist\u2019 detonated suicide belt as officers protecting New Year\u2019s Eve festivities tried to detain him.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 31 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">31 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A suicide bomber targeted a group of Syrian police officers in the city of Aleppo, killing one member of the security forces and wounding two others, the official news agency SANA reported.<\/p>\n<p>Syria\u2019s Ministry of Interior spokesman Noureddine al-Baba told Al-Ikhbariah TV the original target of the attack on Wednesday was likely a church gathering in the city\u2019s Bab al-Faraj neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cWe were able to thwart this attack, although, unfortunately, the martyrdom of one of our colleagues is a great loss,\u201d al-Baba said.<\/p>\n<p>The Aleppo governorate administration said the assailant blew himself up after officers approached to detain him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe relevant authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident and have imposed a security perimeter around the site,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Azzam al-Gharib, the governor of the province, said security forces observed the \u201cterrorist agent\u201d and tried to arrest him while securing New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the security officers managed to physically restrain him. At that point, the terrorist detonated his explosive belt,\u201d al-Gharib said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The wounded officers are receiving treatment at a hospital, he added, without providing details about their condition.<\/p>\n<p>No group has claimed responsibility for the suicide blast in Aleppo so far.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, hours before the new year arrived, follows the bombing of an Alawite mosque in Homs that killed at least eight people on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Syria \u2013 led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former rebel commander \u2013 has faced mounting security challenges after more than 13 years of civil war that ended late in 2024 with the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, deadly clashes erupted between Alawite demonstrators and counter-protesters that took place across several coastal regions. Al-Assad \u2013 who fled to Russia after the armed opposition took over the capital Damascus in a lightning offensive \u2013 is a member of Syria\u2019s Alawite minority community.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, US forces carried out strikes across central Syria against what they said were ISIL (ISIS) remnants after a gunman from the group killed two American soldiers and an accompanying civilian translator.<\/p>\n<p>Sporadic clashes have also broken out between government forces and the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces, who control much of the northeast of the country.<\/p>\n<p>In southern Syria, Israel has expanded its occupation beyond the Golan Heights, regularly setting up checkpoints in Syrian towns, carrying out raids, and abducting and disappearing\u00a0Syrian citizens without provocation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials say a \u2018terrorist\u2019 detonated suicide belt as officers protecting New Year\u2019s Eve festivities tried to detain him. Published On 31 Dec 202531 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A suicide bomber targeted a group of Syrian police officers in the city of Aleppo, killing one member of the security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}