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How the attack on a Damascus church rocked the fragile Kurdish-Syrian talks

By Fanny Alarcon
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Syrians marching through Damascus after a memorial service in the Mar Elias Church the day after a suicide bomb killed 25 people on 22 June 2025.
Syrians marching through Damascus after a memorial service in the Mar Elias Church the day after a suicide bomb killed 25 people on 22 June 2025. © Antoni Lallican/Hans Lucas via AFP

In a major security setback for the new government in Damascus, the 22 June attack on a church in the capital has put the Syrian intelligence service on high alert. It has also further strained relations with the Syrian Democratic Forces, who have denied any responsibility.

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