One killed, 30 wounded in attacks on Damascus
DAMASCUS: One person was killed and 30 wounded Saturday in rocket and mortar attacks on two neighborhoods of the Syrian capital separately blamed on rebels and government forces, state media and activists said.
The fatality and three of the injuries occurred when a rocket hit the mostly Christian neighborhood of Bab Touma in the Old City of Damascus, state news agency SANA reported, blaming rebels.
Meanwhile, 27 people were wounded by government mortar rounds fired into the northeastern rebel-held Qabun neighborhood, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Some of them were seriously wounded, said the Britain-based group.
It was not immediately clear if Saturday's casualties were civilians.
Rebels frequently fire rockets on Damascus, which is largely in government hands, from positions on the outskirts of the city.
They often hit residential areas, causing dozens of deaths.
Government forces also regularly attack rebels entrenched in the Eastern Ghouta region east of the capital, which has been devastated by fighting since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict in March 2011.
More than 250,000 people have been killed in the war
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