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An explosion hits Syrian regime army bus in Syria’s Damascus, killing at least 14 people.
A rare bombing against a Syrian regime army bus in Damascus has killed at least 14 people.
AFP quoting a regime news agency reported that two explosive devices targeted a passing bus on a key bridge in the capital on Wednesday.
Three people were also wounded.
There was no immediate claim for the bombing but moments later shelling by Assad regime forces killed 11 people in Idlib province, an area controlled by groups that have claimed such attacks in the past.
Images released by Reuters showed a burning bus and the Assad regime said it was a bomb squad defusing a third device that had been planted in the same area.
A military source quoted by the news agency said the bombs were detonated as the bus passed near the Hafez al-Assad bridge, close to the national museum in the heart of the capital.
“We hadn’t seen violence of that type in a long time,” a fruit vendor who gave his name as Salman told AFP at the scene.
“We thought we were done with such attacks. I hope this will be the last bombing,” he said.
Damascus had been mostly spared such violence in recent years, especially since troops and allied militia retook the last significant rebel bastion near the capital in 2018.
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