08-11-2024 12:30 PM Jerusalem Timing

Mortar Attack Targets Damascus School, Claims 11 Children

Mortar Attack Targets Damascus School, Claims 11 Children

At least 11 children were killed in Damascus when terrorist mortar attack targeted a school in an eastern district of the Syrian capital.

Syria: Damascus mortar attackAt least 11 children were killed in Damascus when terrorist mortar attack targeted a school in an eastern district of the Syrian capital, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.

The attack occurred in Qaboun, a district in the east of the city.

The opposition UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that the death toll was expected to rise because a number of those wounded were in critical condition.

Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the Syrian government accuses foreign actors, mainly the Saudi Arabia and Turkey, of orchestrating the conflict by supporting the militant opposition groups with arms and money.