TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Eight soldiers were killed in a terrorist explosion in Palmyra, Syria, the country's defense ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. ​

The Syrian Ministry of Defense announced a terrorist attack on a bus in the Syrian desert, south of Palmyra, early on Tuesday evening.

This attack was carried out with an explosive device, and as a result, eight soldiers and one civilian were killed and 13 others were injured, the ministry's statement said.

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