A group of jihadists has attacked with mortars Al-Mazraa district in Damascus, where the Russian embassy is located, a Sputnik correspondent reported Sunday.
DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — The two projectiles hit an area close to the Russian diplomatic mission leaving no casualties.
According to Syrian government army servicemen, the shelling was carried out from the Jobar neighborhood, which is under control of Ahrar ash-Sham and al-Nusra Front.
Previously, the Russian Embassy in Damascus came under mortar fire on February 2 and 3. The ministry said that the embassy was attacked from the area controlled by terrorists. These attacks were the first since the start of the latest ceasefire regime in Syria.