State media reported that 6 people were killed in a bomb attack on a cafe in central Damascus.

At least six people were killed and 22 wounded in a bomb blast at a busy cafe in central Damascus, Syrian state media said.

The Ministry of Interior is 100m from the main government buildings in the capital Hejaz district. (330 feet) away, an explosive device was planted in a cafe 100 meters (330 feet) away from the Palace of Justice.

There is no claim from any group for the attack.

It is the deadliest bomb attack in Damascus. In June 2025, 25 people were killed in a terrorist attack on a church..

The shadowy jihadist group Sariya Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility for the bombing, but authorities blamed the Islamic State (IS) group.

Mohammed al-Dhabi, the owner of a glass shop next to the cafe, said Thursday’s bombings were similar to those seen in Damascus during the Syrian civil war.

“I felt a strong pressure, and the whole place shook,” he told the Agence France-Presse news agency. “I ran to the scene and saw people lying on the ground covered in blood everywhere.”

Graphic video footage posted on social media shows at least two people lying motionless on the floor of the cafe’s outdoor terrace.

The governor of Damascus, Maher Marwan Idlib, said that those responsible for the bloodshed would be punished.

“Whenever the country sees a period of stability, the malicious parties try to create stability,” he added.

In the year There have been several attacks since the end of a brutal 13-year civil war in Damascus in December 2024, when Islamist-led rebel forces ousted Bashar al-Assad.

Interim President Ahmed Al Shaara has struggled to consolidate control and maintain security across the country since coming to power.

Several deadly sectarian battles have taken place between government forces and members of Syria’s Alawite and Druze religions.