(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islam Army has launched a Grad-rocket attack on Bashar al-Assad's hometown of Latakia coinciding with heavy bombardment on Damascus by the same rebel group, activists said.
Local Activists of the coastal city posted online photos show rubble resulted of Grad rockets targeted Squbeen and al-Azhrat villages, 10 Km far from the city center.
Meanwhile, Assad’s air force had carried out more than 50 air strikes on the embattled suburbs of Eastern Ghouta, killing 43 people at least. (15 people in Douma, 20 in Saqba, 7 in Kafr Batna, and 1 in Erbin.)
Pro-Assad activists say the gruesome revenge of embattled suburbs is a response to 120-rocket attack by key Islamist group which killed 3 people and wounded 30 early Thursday.
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.
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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