AMMAN — The Foreign Ministry has expressed its deepest condolences and sympathy to the government and people of Syria following a deadly traffic accident on the Deir Ez Zor–Damascus highway that left several people dead and others injured.

 

Ministry spokesperson Fouad Majali affirmed in a statement on Saturday Jordan’s full solidarity with Syria during the difficult time, extending the Kingdom’s support to the government and people of the country.

 

Majali offered sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished a swift recovery to those injured in the accident.

 

Syrian state media said at least 35 people were killed on Saturday when two buses collided in the central-eastern region of the country.

 

State television reported the death of 35 people from a collision of two passenger buses on the Damascus-Deir Ezzor road between the Sukhna and Palmyra areas," while the interior ministry said the crash was between "a bus carrying a number of internal security forces personnel and a civilian bus".