Syrian state television reports 19 people were killed when two buses collided on the highway linking Damascus and Deir ez-Zor. The figure is lower than an earlier Health Ministry count of 35 killed, and no cause has been given.
Syrian state television reported Saturday afternoon that 19 people were killed in a collision between two buses on the highway from Damascus to Deir ez-Zor. The figure is significantly lower than the 35 killed cited by Syria's Health Ministry about 50 minutes earlier, as The Zioneer reported at 14:13 Jerusalem. The discrepancy between the two official sources has not been explained, and no cause for the crash has been stated. The earlier ministry statement gave no further details on the circumstances. The highway is a major route connecting the capital to eastern Syria.
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