18 Syrian Soldiers Killed, 27 Wounded In Blast Targeting Military Bus Near Damascus: Report

On the other hand, 10 people are reported to be injured in the Iraq rocket attack ahead of the Parliament vote.

Members of the Israeli border police accompany an Israeli women near Damascus Gate (Source: File photo/AFP)

At least 18 soldiers have been killed and 27 others were injured in a bomb attack on an army bus near Damascus in Syria, as reported by the news agency AFP. On the other hand, 10 people are reported to be injured in the Iraq rocket attack ahead of the Parliament vote.

#UPDATE A bomb attack on an army bus near Damascus on Thursday killed at least 18 soldiers and wounded 27 others, state media said, in one of the deadliest such operations. pic.twitter.com/hmtNeTxvjH

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 13, 2022

It is one of the deadliest attacks in months against Syrian government troops not on an active front line. In Damascus countryside, bus attacks in particular have been on rising. 

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack and no comment from Syrian authorities. 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor that counts casualties and covers military developments in the 11-year-old struggle, said that 17 soldiers were killed in the blast.

A decade of conflict in Syria has killed a huge number of individuals and left the nation broke. Syrian government troops have figured out how to recover a significant part of the region they had lost to opposition fighters.

Security occurrences have been on the ascent around Damascus and different parts of Syria controlled by the government.

In past years, there have been attacks in government-controlled parts of the war-ravaged country in which dozens of soldiers have been killed and many others injured. 

Earlier in March, terrorists attacked an army bus in Palmyra, central Syria, killing 13 soldiers. During this attack, 18 others were injured. The Syrian administration has in the past blamed Islamic State, which operates in southern and central Syria, for such attacks.

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