Security camera footage from Damascus captures the vehicle used in this morning's explosive-device blast moving toward the location before the explosion, according to journalist Sapir Lipkin (N12). The video, posted by Lipkin on social media, shows the final moments before the blast.
A video published this afternoon by Israeli journalist Sapir Lipkin (N12), described as security-camera footage from Damascus, shows the vehicle used in this morning's explosive-device blast moving toward the location shortly before the explosion. The clip captures the final moments before the detonation, which occurred near the hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying during his visit to Syria — an event tracked by The Zioneer since initial reports emerged this morning.
By 11:13 Jerusalem, a Syrian security source told Al-Akhbariya that two improvised explosive devices had detonated and security forces were searching for suspects. Minutes later, the Al-Hadath channel and Syrian reports gave a death toll of three, planted in trash bins. The Elysee Palace then confirmed Macron was unharmed and had already left for the Syrian presidential palace. Multiple versions refined the location as the hotel area; the French presidency added that Macron did not hear the blasts. By that point, code was developing that the devices were planted on a vehicle near the hotel. The Zioneer's thread records that Macron subsequently met with President al-Sharaa.
As The Zioneer reported this morning, Syrian internal security forces sealed off nearby roads and are still operating to identify those responsible. The wider context — including the timing during Macron's visit — has been a consistent focus across all seven published versions today.
The cause of the blast and whether there were casualties beyond the initial report of three killed remains unconfirmed by French sources. No group has claimed responsibility, and it is not clear whether the vehicle shown in the security footage was the same vehicle on which a device was reportedly planted, or whether the timing of the video aligns with earlier descriptions of the events.
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