At least 14 people were killed in bomb attack on a military bus in Damascus earlier today, while the Syrian regime’s bombings in the rebel zones killed others, in the worst outbreak of violence in Syria for months, broadcasts AFP.
Two bombs planted on the bus exploded early in the morning as the vehicle passed near a bridge in the center of the capital, the SANA news agency reported. 14 dead and at least three injured.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a non-governmental organization with a wide network of sources throughout Syria, all the victims were military.
So far no one has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in Damascus, which has been deadly for four years.
An hour later, however, government forces bombed it Idlib, the last stronghold of jihadists and rebels in northern Syria.
The Shiite organization Hezbollah The Lebanese government condemned the attack in a statement broadcast on Al Manar television. “All terrorist attempts will not succeed in destabilizing Syria,” he said.
In the images transmitted by SANA, rescuers inspect the burned bus.
“We had not seen such things in a long time, we thought we were done with them,” said an eyewitness, Salman, who works in a greengrocer in the neighborhood.
Today was the deadliest attack in Damascus since that of March 2017 (at least 30 dead), the responsibility for which the Islamic state.
“At 8 in the morning we woke up from the bombing”
In the Idlib, again, were killed by the regime’s bombings 13 people and others were injured 26, according to the Observatory.
Among the civilian victims were four children and one teacher heading to their school, Unicef said, condemning the violence.
The bombing was the deadliest in Idlib since a ceasefire was negotiated between Turkey and Russia and took effect in March 2020. “At 8 in the morning we woke up to the bombing. “We did not know what to do, where to go,” he told AFP Bilal Trisi, a father of two living near Aricha, the targeted zone.
An Agency correspondent said one was among the dead 10 year old girl.
The organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sam and other jihadist groups that control part of Idlib province they replied bombing neighboring areas, which are controlled by the regime.
Moreover, six fighters of the main pro-government militia, the National Defense Forces, were killed and others six were injured when an explosion occurred at an ammunition depot in Hama province. According to the pro-government newspaper Al Watan, the explosion was due to “technical error».
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