An explosion was heard in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, state media Al-Ekhbariya reported.
A bomb blast at a crowded cafe in central Damascus killed at least five people and wounded 16 others on Thursday, Syrian state media said.
Syrian state TV said a bomb had been planted at the cafe, which is near the Palace of Justice in the center of Syria's capital. There were no other immediate details on the apparent attack and no immediate claim of responsibility.
State news agency SANA reported the death and wounded toll, citing the head of Syria's emergency health services.
Attacks in Damascus since the fall of the Assad regime
Damascus has been hit by a small number of attacks since the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad in late 2024. His ouster by Ahmed al-Sharaa, now Syria's president, and his rebel forces effectively ended 14 years of civil war.
A car bomb killed one Syrian soldier and wounded at least 18 other people on May 19 outside a defense ministry building in Damascus.
In December 2024, President Assad flew out of Syria to Moscow, ending a 54-year dynasty during which the Assad family had ruled the country with an iron fist.
Hours earlier, rebel forces had entered the capital, Damascus, simultaneously seizing control of the strategic city of Homs to the north, after a lightning 12-day campaign that began with a surprise attack on Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city.
This is a developing story.