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10 finance ministry workers killed in Syria bus attack

20 April 2013 23:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Ten Syrian government workers have been killed and several more injured in Damascus amid reports of fierce clashes between the army and foreign-backed militants, APA reports quoting Press TV.

The incident occurred on Saturday when a bus carrying Finance Ministry staff came under attack from foreign-backed militants in the capital.

Meanwhile, fierce battles are raging in flashpoint areas of Homs province near the Lebanese border, where the Syrian Army forces have reportedly managed to capture four key villages of Qadesh, Mansouriyah, As’adiyah, and Radwaniyah.

Last week, government troops seized a hill overlooking several key towns in the same region and the highway connecting the capital, Damascus, to the Mediterranean coast.

On Thursday, Syrian troops captured the strategic village of Abel, lying a few kilometers from the main route that runs between Homs, Damascus, and the northern province of Aleppo.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 and many people, including large numbers of army and security personnel, have been killed in the violence.

The Syrian government says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants fighting in the country are foreign nationals.

Several international human rights organizations have condemned the foreign-sponsored militants for committing war crimes.