Militant mortar fire kills 7 in Syria's Damascus, Aleppo, Dara’a
At least seven people have been killed and dozens others injured across Syria in mortar attacks by foreign-backed Takfiri militants.
The Takfiri militants fired two mortar shells on the residential neighborhood of al-Mazraa in the capital, Damascus, killing a civilian and injuring three others, Syria's official SANA news agency quoted Syrian police sources as saying on Thursday.
Several houses, cars and shops were also damaged in the attack.
Five civilians suffered injuries after a mortar shell fired by militants landed in the al-Wafideen Camp, a neighborhood in the Damascus countryside.
Another mortar attack by the militants in Harasta, a suburb in northeastern Damascus, caused only material damage.
In the southern Syrian province of Dara’a, at least four civilians were killed and 25 others sustained injuries after several rockets fired by terrorists hit the city of Izra. Reports say that some of the wounded are in critical condition.
Residential houses and properties were damaged in the attack.
In the city of Dara’a, militants targeted the airport neighborhood of the city with a number of shells when Syrian students were heading toward school, but there were no reports of casualties.
Elsewhere in the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo, militants fired several rocket shells at the al-Ashrafiyeh neighborhood, killing two civilians and injuring 17 others.
Cities and towns across Syria have frequently come under bomb and mortar attacks by militants since crisis erupted in the country more than four years ago.
On Wednesday, a mortar shell fired by foreign-backed militants struck an elementary school in Damascus, leaving a female teacher dead and 23 students injured.
Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fueled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 222,000 people, according to reports.
Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. More than 7.2 million Syrians have also become internally displaced, according to the United Nations.
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