(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists and state-owned media are saying that several mortar shells hit near the Russian Embassy in Damascus, but no injuries were recorded, AP reported.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 10 shells struck in the vicinity of the embassy in the central Damascus neighborhood of Al-Adawi.
The state news agency SANA said at least eight shells fell. Both SANA and the Observatory say there is material damage but provided no details.
Thursday's attack is not the first time the embassy was targeted. On Oct.13, as government supporters gathered outside the embassy in a rally to thank Moscow for aiding the Syrian government's military campaign, shells fell inside the embassy compound. No one was reported hurt at the time.
Northeast Damascus, in rebel-held town of Douma 15 people have been killed and 50 wounded in regime air strikes that hit towns' main field hospital.
The regime army and allied militias have launched a series of ground offensives against rebel-held areas of western and northwestern Syria since Russia began air strikes in the country on Sept. 30.
The regime army and allied militias have launched a series of ground offensives against rebel-held areas of western and northwestern Syria since Russia began air strikes in the country on Sept. 30.
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