At 6:45 a.m. local time, two bombs exploded on the military bus as it crossed the usually-bustling President Hafez al-Assad Bridge in central Damascus. The devices had been attached to the vehicle, SANA reported, while a third fell off and was later found and dismantled.
It was the deadliest such incident in the capital since 2017, when at least 30 were killed in an Islamic State attack on the Justice Palace. The capital has enjoyed relative calm in the years before and since, as war raged on in the rest of the country while President Bashar al-Assad has tried to wrest control back from different groups, including a U.S.-backed Kurdish group, various rebel formations and armed Islamist organizations.
The rebel-held northwest corner of the country hosts millions of Syrians displaced from the rest of the country, and has witnessed a surge of violence and attacks over the summer. A fragile cease-fire between rebels and the Syrian government has been interrupted by repeated bouts of violence, and fears of a larger military confrontation loom, especially after two Turkish soldiers were killed and three injured in an attack in Idlib last month.
🇪🇺 10:00 -European Central Bank Governing Council member Villeroy stated on Wednesday that he expects current high inflation levels to only be temporary. Villeroy noted that ECB policies must be vigilant if the situation changes, but that they can stay patient for the time being.
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