The mortars falling on #Damascus are made in #Eastern_Ghouta
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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on April 5, 2014 shows smoke billowing from buildings following reported shelling by rebel fighters in the al-Itfaia neighbourhood of the capital Damascus. (Photo: AFP-HO/SANA) A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on April 5, 2014 shows smoke billowing from buildings following reported shelling by rebel fighters in the al-Itfaia neighbourhood of the capital Damascus. (Photo: AFP-HO/SANA)
There are two reasons for the extensive use of mortar bombs in the Syrian war. First, it is relatively easy to manufacture them locally, and second, it is easy to use them even when the geographic area where the fighters are (...)
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