DAMASCUS COUNTRYSIDE,(ST)_At least 5 persons were hurt as a mortar shell hit Harasta highway in Damascus countryside, a police command source declared today.
The source clarified that the mortar shell, which was fired by terrorists, fell on a mini bus near the Water Resources Building on Harasta highway.
Terrorists affiliated to the so-called the ‘jaish al-Islam’, the ‘Islam brigade’ and the ‘Fajer al-Omma brigade’ spread in Harasta and Duma city and they target nearby areas with mortars.
Since the beginning to this month, terror attacks killed at least 3 persons and wounded over 70 others, including women and children in Aleppo, Hama, Damascus and its suburbs, according to casualty statistics reported daily by the official news agency (SANA).
The US, France, Britain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Israel support terrorist organizations in Syria, world media reports confirm.
Basma Qaddour