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Mortar fired at Russian embassy in Damascus
Source: Associated Press
Mortar fired at Russian embassy in Damascus
Associated Press
The Guardian, Sunday 22 September 2013 18.54 BST
A mortar round landed in the Russian embassy compound in Damascus on Sunday, Syria's state news agency said. There was no immediate report of casualties.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, reported that the embassy had been the target of several previous failed rocket attacks by rebels. Russia is a leading backer of Bashar al-Assad, Syria's president.
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Associated Press
The Guardian, Sunday 22 September 2013 18.54 BST
A mortar round landed in the Russian embassy compound in Damascus on Sunday, Syria's state news agency said. There was no immediate report of casualties.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, reported that the embassy had been the target of several previous failed rocket attacks by rebels. Russia is a leading backer of Bashar al-Assad, Syria's president.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/22/syria-mortar-russian-embassy
