Trending:Swiss ski resort blastZohran Mamdani inaugurationNational Guard withdrawal2026 predictionsNew Year celebrationsIkkis movie reviewSuspected Islamic State suicide bombing kills 1 near church in SyriaFP News Desk • January 1, 2026, 13:31:35 ISTWhatsapp Facebook TwitterDuring the New Year’s Eve celebrations, a suicide bomber suspected to be aligned with the Islamic State blew himself near a church in Syria’s Aleppo and killed one person and injured two others. AdvertisementSubscribe Join Us+ Follow us On GoogleChoose Firstpost on GoogleThe photograph was released by the Syrian state media after a suicide bombing near a church in Aleppo, Syria, on December 31, 2025, killed one person and injured two. During New Year’s Eve celebrations, a suicide bomber on Wednesday blew himself near a church in Syria’s Aleppo and killed one person and injured two others. The suicide bombing is the latest attack to rattle Syria, laying bare jihadist-turned-president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s weak grip on the country. These attacks by jihadists and extremist groups that both oppose and support his regime have particularly singled out non-Sunni religious and ethnic minorities like Alawites and Christians. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADThe suicide bomber “most likely” had “ideological or organisational” links to the Islamic State, Syrian interior ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba said in a statement carried by The New York Times. More from World Jordan strikes arms & drug trafficking networks in Syria 'Why the killing': Syria’s Alawites take to the streets following mosque bombingAl-Baba said security personnel were trying to arrest the man at a checkpoint after spotting his explosive belt when he detonated it. He added that the bomber was attempting to infiltrate a Christian area in the center of Aleppo and the plot was thwarted. Al-Baba further said the plot may have been to target the nearby Church of the Forty Martyrs.
