The Syrian news agency reports that this morning in a terrorist attack on a bus carrying Syrian army forces. There are 18 dead and 12 wounded, several seriously.

Among the dead were five from Hezbollah and Iraq. The bus was attacked with an RPG and sprayed with an automatic weapon

A ministry statement said that 18 government troops and two civilians were killed in what it said was a terrorist attack on an army bus. Another 12 soldiers were wounded.

Syrian state news agency SANA said the attack took place in the Jabal al-Bishri region of the vast province of Raqqa.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the ambush had been carried out by Islamic State sleeper cells that launch hit-and-run attacks in the country’s desert areas.

Source: Asarq al-Awsat