DAMASCUS, April 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Syria state media said Wednesday that 11 people had been killed in clashes that erupted overnight between security forces and "outlaw groups" near Damascus, as sectarian violence a day earlier spread.

"The number of dead after outlaw groups targeted civilians and security forces" in the Sahnaya area "has risen to 11 dead and a number of wounded", state news agency SANA said, citing a health ministry statement, without elaborating on the identity of those killed.