{"id":21248,"date":"2025-11-14T23:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=21248"},"modified":"2025-11-14T23:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:12:35","slug":"rocket-attack-hits-mezzeh-district-in-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=21248","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Attack Hits Mezzeh District in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Damascus, Syria<\/strong> \u2013 An explosion rocked the Mezzeh 86 district of Damascus earlier today, resulting in at least one reported injury. Initial reports indicate the incident was caused by a rocket attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to Syrian state news agency SANA, a woman was injured in the blast. Preliminary information suggests the rockets were launched from a mobile platform. The identity of the perpetrators and the exact type of weapon used remain unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are currently investigating the incident. Relevant ministries are reportedly working to determine the details of the attack and will provide updates to the public as information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Sources on the ground describe the targeted area as a primarily civilian zone. The Mezzeh district is known to house residential buildings and diplomatic facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The attack occurs amidst ongoing security operations by the Syrian Interior Ministry. The timing of the incident raises concerns about potential escalation.<\/p>\n<p>Syrian state television also reported the incident, confirming that a woman sustained injuries in what they described as an attack on a residence in the Mezzeh area. Security forces are reportedly investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident and are actively pursuing those responsible.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as they become available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, Syria \u2013 An explosion rocked the Mezzeh 86 district of Damascus earlier today, resulting in at least one reported injury. Initial reports indicate the incident was caused by a rocket attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to Syrian state news agency SANA, a woman was injured in the b&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21250,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248\/revisions\/21250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}