(Zaman Al Wasl-Reuters) - At least 3 people were killed and 30 wounded in a massive mortar and Grad rocket attack on regime strongholds in Damascus on Thursday, activists and rebel Twitter feeds said.
Shells thought to be fired from the east of the
capital could be heard exploding in the city, a witness said, and local media
reported that Islam Army, a group based in the eastern Ghouta region on the
outskirts of the city, was behind the attack, according to Reuters.
A message on a Twitter account thought to belong to Islam Army's leader Zahran Alloush said the attack was a "taste" of what the Syrian military had done to Ghouta.
He described Damascus as a "military
zone" in a statement earlier this week and said his group would respond to
Syrian air force strikes on Ghouta.
In retaliation, Syrian regime air force carried out 30 air strikes on Eastern Ghouta suburbs, including Douma, Alloush’s hometown, 15 people have been killed in Douma, 20 in Saqba, 7 in Kafr Batna, and 1 in Erbin , Al Jazeera reporter said.
Alloush demanded all Schools and University students besides diplomatic missions to avoid regime’s security headquarters, checkpoints and barracks.
The same group struck the capital with at least 100 rockets on Jan 25, killing 15 people, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said.
More than 220,000 people have been killed since the conflict in Syria erupted in March 2011.
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