Syria State media, SANA news agency, on Saturday, 25 July, 2026 reported that the death toll from a collision between two passenger buses in central-eastern part of the country has jumped to 35.
The news agency, quoting a Health Ministry official, said 30 other people were injured in the crash on the Damascus-Deir Ezzor road.
Syria’s Interior Ministry said one of the buses was carrying security personnel while the other was a civilian bus, but did not specify how many of the casualties were members of the security forces.
State media broadcast footage showing one of the buses on fire, with debris scattered across the highway.
Earlier this month, five people were killed and dozens injured most of them Lebanese pilgrims, when a bus returning from Saudi Arabia overturned on a highway in southern Syria’s Daraa province.
Provincial authorities had suggested speeding may have caused that crash.
After years of civil war and neglect, Syria’s infrastructure has deteriorated, with many of the country’s roads in need of repairs.
Last year, at least 12 people were killed and several others injured when a bus collided with an oil tanker in northeastern Syria.
