Several killed in car explosion on Syria’s Damascus-Homs highway

Several people were killed on Monday when a car exploded on the Damascus-Homs highway near Qara in the Damascus countryside, according to Anadolu Agency, citing Syrian state media.

Ambulance and civil defence teams went to the scene and recovered the victims’ bodies, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.

SANA did not give the number or identities of those killed, report any injuries or provide details about the cause of the explosion.

The incident follows an explosion on a passenger bus in Jaramana, also in the Damascus countryside, on Aug. 6. Two people were killed and 13 injured, according to a civil defence toll reported by Syria’s Alikhbaria television channel.