MOSCOW- The Russian embassy’s compound in Damascus came under mortar fire on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, adding that nobody was hurt.
“On August 2, the Russian embassy’s compound in Damascus came under a mortar attack from positions held by terrorist militants,” the ministry said, as cited by TASS.
“Two shells crashed on the premises of the Russian diplomatic mission and two others [landed] just outside the perimeter fence.” The material damage caused was minimal, according to the statement.
“We strongly condemn terrorist attacks on Russian diplomatic mission in Damascus,” the Foreign Ministry statement read, according to Sputnik.
“We’d like to reiterate once again that Russia has drawn attention on multiple occasions to barbaric nature of the bombardments, which terrorists regularly carry out against the residential quarters in Damascus and other populated Syrian cities. Every day, civilians, women and children become the victims of these attacks,” it said.
Russia hopes that the Western countries in the United Nations Security Council will comment on the attack, the statement added.
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