Bus bombing kills 18 Syrian troops, wounds dozens

BEIRUT (AP) — A bus bombing in a suburb of Damascus has killed 18 Syrian soldiers. Syrian state media citing a military source reported that the blast on Thursday also wounded at least 27 others. Similar attacks in past years have killed and wounded dozens of soldiers in government-held parts of the war-torn country. Last March, militants attacked a military bus near Palmyra in central Syria, killing 13 troops and wounding 18 others.