“A bus with fighters from the “maintenance of order” unit, working at the Nasib border checkpoint on the border with Jordan, was blown up by an explosive device while driving in the direction of Damascus after the end of the shift.
12 employees were injured," the agency was told.
According to the interlocutor, the IED was installed by unknown people on the section of the route between the settlements of Gariya Gharbiya and Khorbet Ghazal on the Damascus-Deraa highway.
“The bomb exploded after the bus drove past it for a distance of about ten meters,” the agency was told.
In October, 14 soldiers were killed in a bombing attack on an army bus in the center of Damascus.