The UAE expressed its solidarity with the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic in the victims of the collision of two passenger buses on the Damascus-Deir ez-Zor road, which resulted in the death and injury of a number of people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed "its sincere condolences and sincere sympathy to the families and loved ones of the victims, and to the government of the Syrian Arab Republic and its brotherly people in this painful tragedy, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured."