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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 30, 2020, shows the scene of an attack targeting a bus transporting regime soldiers as they travelled home for holidays in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. (SANA/AFP)

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor targeted the regime soldiers as they travelled home for holidays. The official news agency SANA reported that a "terrorist attack" on a bus killed "25 citizens" and wounded 13.

File Photo: Abdel Rahman said the bus was attacked near the village of Shula by jihadists who detonated roadside bombs before opening fire on the soldiers who belonged to the army's 4th division. At least 37 soldiers were killed, including eight officers, and 12 others wounded, the war monitor said in an updated toll, adding that some of those injured were in "critical condition". EPA

Syrian state media said the bus was targeted on Wednesday in the restive Deir al-Zour province, saying it was "citizens" killed. /alaraby/