Syrian State Media Says 28 Killed In Bus Ambush In Deir Al-zor

Syrian State Media Says 28 Killed In Bus Ambush In Deir Al-zor
An internal security patrol member stands in front of a convoy of trucks transporting Syrian women and children suspected of being related to the ISIS terrorist group, at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, in the al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on Dec. 21, 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images
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AMMAN—Twenty-eight people were killed in an attack on a bus along a main highway in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province that borders Iraq, Syrian state media said on Wednesday, an incident that residents and defectors say was an ambush on an army vehicle.

There were no more details of the incident in an area where mostly Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias are based, near the ancient city of Palmyra.