Mortar fire kills 13 in #syria's #Damascus and #Aleppo
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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on May 3, 2014 shows Syrians inspecting the site of a car bomb explosion near an intersection at the entrance of the town of Moadamiyet al-Sham in the suburbs of the capital Damascus. (Photo: AFP / SANA)
At least 13 people were killed by mortar fire in government-held areas of Syria on Saturday, including central Damascus, state media and a monitoring group said, just days after President Bashar al-Assad said he would seek another term in office. Syria’s state news agency SANA blamed “terrorists” for the mortar attack in Damascus, saying it killed four people including a 16-year-old girl when it struck a minibus in the al-Dwel’a area of the capital. read (...)