Overview

• State media reported four dead and nine wounded, while an official quoted by AFP said five were killed and 13 injured.
• The bus belonged to the Energy Ministry and was carrying troops assigned to guard an oil facility, according to Syria’s oil minister.
• The blast occurred on the Deir Ezzor–al-Mayadin road as personnel linked to the Teim oilfield were traveling.
• No group has claimed responsibility, though the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights assessed the attack as likely linked to an Islamic State cell.
• Outlets described it as the deadliest explosion in the eastern province since Bashar al-Assad’s fall, near areas controlled by the US-backed SDF where tensions have recently risen.