A car bomb <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Deir_ez-Zor_bombing" id="mwAUo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing">explodes</a> near a military complex in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" id="mwAUs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syria">Syrian</a> city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor" id="mwAUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Deir ez-Zor">Deir ez-Zor</a>, killing nine people.