France strongly condemned Friday the terrorist bombing that targeted a café near the Palace of Justice in Damascus, expressing solidarity

Syrian security forces thwarted a bomb attack in a rural area of the capital Damascus after discovering and dismantling an improvised explosive device planted on a passenger bus, state media said Friday.

Syrian authorities on Friday said they had foiled an attempt to bomb a passenger bus in a Damascus suburb, the latest in a series of security incidents that have shaken the capital and its outskirts in recent days.

The European Union, Germany, Spain and Belgium have strongly condemned on Friday the bomb attack in Damascus that killed at least 10 people and wounded 21 others, expressing solidarity with the Syrian people and reaffirming their support for the country’s sovereignty and counter-terrorism efforts.