Two buses collide in Syria, killing at least 35 people

What the report says

Al Jazeera reported that at least 35 people were killed and 30 others injured when two buses collided in Syria on Saturday, July 25, 2026. The crash took place on the Deir Az Zor–Damascus road, between al-Sukhnah and Palmyra, on a major route that links eastern Syria with the capital over a distance of more than 400km.

According to Syria’s Ministry of Interior, one of the buses was carrying members of the Internal Security Forces, while the other was transporting civilians. The ministry said ambulances were sent to the site. Al Jazeera, citing the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, also reported that helicopters were deployed to evacuate some of the injured to Homs Military Hospital.

The incident highlights continuing concerns over road safety and emergency response capacity in Syria. Al Jazeera noted that the highway has poor safety standards, in line with broader damage and deterioration in civilian infrastructure after nearly 14 years of civil war.

For context, Al Jazeera cited Minister of Disaster Management and Emergency Response Raed al-Saleh as saying in October that more than 2,000 road traffic accidents had been recorded from January through the end of September, and that such crashes were among Syria’s leading causes of death. Authorities had not, in the supplied report, announced a cause for Saturday’s collision or provided a final casualty toll.