At least 35 killed after two buses collide in Syria

Damascus: Syrian state media said at least 35 people were killed on Saturday when two buses collided in the central-eastern region of the country.

State television reported "the death of 35 people and the injury of 27 others in a preliminary toll from a collision of two passenger buses on the Damascus-Deir Ezzor road between the Sukhna and Palmyra areas," while the interior ministry said the crash was between "a bus carrying a number of internal security forces personnel and a civilian bus".