Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, July 7

DAMASCUS -- A total of 13 people were killed and 37 others injured on Sunday in a traffic accident on the southern entrance bridge to the central Syrian province of Homs, according to a statement by the Syrian Interior Ministry.

The incident occurred on the Homs-Damascus highway when a bus, carrying passengers from the northwestern province of Latakia to the capital Damascus, overturned at a diversion bridge on