Thirty‑three people were injured Friday evening when an explosion struck a wedding celebration in the town of Abidin in western Daraa, Syria’s state news agency reported.
Children were among the wounded.
Emergency response plans were activated and patients were transferred across several facilities to avoid overwhelming a single hospital.
Muwaffaq Mahmoud, head of the Abidin and Maariya Municipal Council, said unknown assailants threw two hand grenades directly at the venue, injuring attendees.
He said injuries ranged from mild to moderate, with one serious case involving a leg amputation.
Jamal al‑Ibrahim, mayor of Abidin, said an Israeli patrol of three vehicles was stationed west of the nearby village of al‑Arida after the blast but did not approach the site.
Syria remains unstable despite the fall of the Assad government in late 2024, with ongoing conflict, humanitarian needs and fractured governance.
Various factions, including HTS in the northwest, the SDF in the northeast and remnants of regime forces, continue to vie for control, leaving security vacuums exploited by groups such as ISIS.
Economic collapse, damaged infrastructure and sectarian tensions have hindered recovery and large‑scale refugee returns, particularly in the south.