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flag A bomb on a bus in eastern Syria killed at least four oil facility guards near the Iraq border on October 16, 2025.

flag A bomb exploded on a bus carrying oil facility guards in eastern Syria’s Deir al-Zor province on October 16, 2025, killing at least four and injuring several others, according to state media and monitoring groups. flag The attack occurred near the town of Salo on a highway east of Deir al-Zor, close to the Teim oilfield and near the Iraq border. flag No group has claimed responsibility, but the area has seen past attacks linked to dormant Islamic State cells. flag The incident marks the deadliest security event since the fall of Assad’s regime in the region and underscores ongoing instability in eastern Syria, where government forces and U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces remain in tense standoff.

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