Deadly blast on military bus in Damascus

 

Syria: A bomb attack on a military bus in central Damascus has killed at least 13 people, Syrian state media say.

The vehicle was targeted with two explosive devices as it passed under Jisr al-Rais bridge shortly after dawn, Sana news agency reported.

Although Syria has been embroiled in civil war for a decade, such attacks in the capital are increasingly rare.

Army shellfire also reportedly killed at least eight people in the opposition-held north-west soon after.

Several school children were among the casualties from the attack in the town of Ariha, in Idlib province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group.