DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — Militant grenade launcher in Eastern Ghouta fired several shells at the Al Mujtahid and Set Zaynab districts in Damascus leaving 22 civilians injured, a local police source told Sputnik on Saturday.
According to the source, the shelling has caused significant material damage.
As a result of new terrorists Rocket attacks on the Residential area,s of #Damascus and its countryside,one person died and at least 29 people got wounded and causing Massive material damage to Houses.#Syria. pic.twitter.com/SrHwBM6vzb
— Maurice Schleepen (@MauriceSchleepe) November 18, 2017
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