According to Reuters, the Islamists claimed that the blast had killed 40 Syrian soldiers and injured another six.
On Wednesday, Syrian state agency SANA reported that a bus carrying civilians had been attacked in Syria on the Deir ez-Zor — Palmyra highway. The explosion killed 28 people and injured 13.
*Daesh (IS/ISIS/ISIL) - a terrorist organisation banned in Russia and many other countries.