Bus destroyed by deadly explosion in Syria

A deadly bus explosion in the Syrian capital of Damascus has left 13 killed and multiple fighting for life

At least 13 people have been killed after an explosion destroyed a bus in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

A local television station states that two explosive devices went off as the bus was on the Hafez al Assad bridge, with a third device defused by an army engineering unit.

Syrian state TV displayed footage of the charred bus and said the blasts occurred during rush hour when people were heading to work and school.

Such attacks in Damascus have been rare in recent years after government forces captured suburbs that were once held by insurgents.

Since the country’s civil war began in March 2011, the United Nations says at least 350,000 people have been killed.