Syria bus crash kills at least 35

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A crash between two passenger buses in a central-eastern desert region of Syria on Saturday killed at least 35 people, state media said.


News agency SANA, quoting a health ministry official, also said 30 others were injured in the "collision between two passenger buses on the Damascus-Deir Ezzor road".


The interior ministry said the crash was between "a bus carrying a number of internal security forces personnel and a civilian bus", without specifying how many of the casualties were from its forces.

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