Syria Road Crash Kills 32, Including Iraqis: State Media

State media reported that at least 32 people died Saturday after a fuel tanker crashed into two buses and several other cars on a road connecting the Syrian capital to Homs province.

The inability to break caused the tanker to crash into 15 vehicles and two wide busses carrying many Iraqi passengers, Interior Minister Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun said while examining the site of the accident outside of Damascus.

Another 77 people were injured in the accident, he added, in comments carried by SANA.

Footage broadcast on state media showed rescue teams working around two vehicles ' mangled bodies.

SANA released photos of a passenger bus with one end blown off.

Victims of the crash are believed to include Shiite Iraqi pilgrims visiting holy shrines near the capital.

Notwithstanding an eight-year war that has displaced millions, holy sites in Syria continue to be common with Shiite pilgrims from across the world.

Source: AFP