Two people were killed and eight wounded when mortar fire hit the grounds of the Damascus opera house in the Syrian capital, state media said on Sunday. President Bashar al-Assad's forces are in control of central Damascus, but rebels have been able to launch mortar and rocket attacks into the city's centre, sometimes hitting heavily secured upmarket districts and embassy grounds. Elsewhere, at least 13 rebel fighters were killed in a vehicle explosion in the central city of Homs, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the death toll was likely to rise. The Observatory, which monitors violence through a network of sources in Syria, said at least five people including three children had also been killed in the Damascus suburb of Douma during shelling by government forces.
04-07-2014, 10:00 PM
Two killed by mortar fire on Damascus opera house -state media
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