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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoSyria map (Al Jazeera)By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 25 Jul 202625 Jul 2026At least 35 people have been killed and many others injured after two passenger buses collided on a highway in central Syria.
The collision occurred on Saturday on the Damascus-Deir ez-Zor highway between the cities of Palmyra and Al-Sukhnah.
It is a crucial highway stretching more than 400km that connects eastern Syria to the capital.
According to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), several helicopters have been sent to the crash site to medically evacuate the injured to Homs Military Hospital.
