An attack on a bus early on Monday morning in northern Syria has killed 13 people, most of them government troops, the country's defence ministry said.
A ministry statement said that 11 government troops and two civilians were killed in what it said was a terrorist attack on a civilian transit bus. It said another three soldiers were wounded.
Syrian state news agency SANA said the attack took place in the Jabal al-Bishri region of the vast province of Raqqa.