At least 20 people have been killed and 52 more are injured in a “terrorist attack” on a church in the Syrian capital on Sunday, according to the country’s health ministry.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a suicide bomber opened fire and detonated explosives inside a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus, Syria,. Syrian Information Minister Hamza Mostafa condemned the attack,

The Islamic State is believed to be behind a deadly suicide bombing that happened at a Greek Orthodox church in Syria on Sunday.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday, health authorities and security sources said.

Aftermath of a suicide bombing attack at St. Elias Church In the Dweilaa district of Damascus, Syria,on June 22, 2025. Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Syria's interior ministry has blamed Islamic State for the attack, which targeted a packed Sunday service at a church in Damascus.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian Christians were struggling on Monday to understand why their community was targeted in a suicide attack and whether they can rely on the Islamist-led government's ...

At least 20 people have been killed and 52 more are injured in a “terrorist attack” on a church in the Syrian capital on Sunday, according to the country’s health ministry.

Syrian authorities were quick to condemn last month’s suicide attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of Mar Elias, which left 25 dead — but Syrian Christians are left feeling increasingly unwelcome in lands where they’ve dwelt for 2,

British special forces set up a secretive ‘kill’ operation against the top bomb-maker in the Islamic State in Syria ahead of David Lammy’s visit, according to security sources.