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MILITANTS CONTINUE MORTAR ATTACKS ON DAMASCUS
ITAR-TASS, Russia
October 29, 2013 Tuesday 03:36 PM GMT+4
BEIRUT October 29
- Nine civilians were injured in mortar attacks, which were launched on
the Syrian capital on Monday. According to the SANA news agency, shells
exploded in the Qasaa district and in the Christian suburb of Jaramana.
Another six people, including four children, were injured on the
outskirts of Damascus - in Kashkul. Mortar shells that exploded on
the outskirts of Harasta caused only material damage, there were no
casualties there.
A mortar attack in Adra killed two children, and another 15 people
were taken to hospital with injuries.
In the north-eastern Syria, gunmen acting in Tal Abyad on the border
with Turkey, set an Armenian church on fire. The fire damaged the
interior of the church, and there were no reports about casualties.
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the neighbouring
Al-Hasakah governorate in the city of Qamishli on Monday. Kurdish
sources reported there were killed and injured. There were no details.
There have been reports from Aleppo about a successful operation
against armed extremists of the Jabhat Al-Nusra and Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant groups. Syrian soldiers lured the enemy into an
ambush in the vicinity of the northern capital, killing 22 militants.
Another 14 rebels have been liquidated in Deir ez-Zor. Fierce fighting
continues in this provincial centre on the Euphrates River.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
October 29, 2013 Tuesday 03:36 PM GMT+4
BEIRUT October 29
- Nine civilians were injured in mortar attacks, which were launched on
the Syrian capital on Monday. According to the SANA news agency, shells
exploded in the Qasaa district and in the Christian suburb of Jaramana.
Another six people, including four children, were injured on the
outskirts of Damascus - in Kashkul. Mortar shells that exploded on
the outskirts of Harasta caused only material damage, there were no
casualties there.
A mortar attack in Adra killed two children, and another 15 people
were taken to hospital with injuries.
In the north-eastern Syria, gunmen acting in Tal Abyad on the border
with Turkey, set an Armenian church on fire. The fire damaged the
interior of the church, and there were no reports about casualties.
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the neighbouring
Al-Hasakah governorate in the city of Qamishli on Monday. Kurdish
sources reported there were killed and injured. There were no details.
There have been reports from Aleppo about a successful operation
against armed extremists of the Jabhat Al-Nusra and Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant groups. Syrian soldiers lured the enemy into an
ambush in the vicinity of the northern capital, killing 22 militants.
Another 14 rebels have been liquidated in Deir ez-Zor. Fierce fighting
continues in this provincial centre on the Euphrates River.