{"id":11766,"date":"2017-11-21T03:47:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T03:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=11766"},"modified":"2017-11-21T03:47:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T03:47:53","slug":"russian-embassy-in-damascus-targeted-by-terrorist-mortar-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/russian-embassy-in-damascus-targeted-by-terrorist-mortar-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian embassy in Damascus targeted by terrorist mortar fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Russian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus has come under mortar fire from terrorist held positions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“In a mortar shelling of Damascus conducted from terrorists\u2019 positions at about 10:35 local time on November 20, a shell hit the outer fence of the Russian embassy to Syria, which is located close to its dwelling compound,\u201d read a statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday.<\/p>\n

It added that a 122-millimeter shell was used in the attack which damaged the building\u2019s wall, electricity lines and water supplies.<\/p>\n

“No one from among the embassy\u2019s employees was hurt,”\u00a0it added.<\/p>\n

It also noted that Russia expects Western countries at the UN Security Council to properly evaluate the incident.<\/p>\n

“We hope that our so active on the Syrian trajectory Western colleagues in the UN Security Council will have the heart not to keep silent but to give proper public evaluation of the incident in which the lives of Russian diplomats were jeopardized,” it stated.<\/p>\n

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The file photo shows a view of the Russian embassy premises in the Syrian capital Damascus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

It also stressed that the incident will not affect the country\u2019s resolve in its battle against terrorism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to confirm once again that such provocations don\u2019t influence Russia\u2019s resolve to complete the destruction of a terrorist hotbed in the Syrian Arab Republic, to contribute to restoration of peace and security in Syria, strengthening of its sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe resolutely condemn this new attack by terrorists against the Russian diplomatic mission in Damascus,” it concluded.<\/p>\n

The Russian diplomatic mission in war-torn Syria has so far come under several militant attacks, including a number of mortar attacks. No casualties, however, were reported in either of the incidents.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Russian embassy in Damascus shelled<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Militants target the Russian embassy in Syria with shelling.<\/a><\/div>\n

Russia has been engaged in an anti-terror campaign in Syria since September 30, 2015, based on a request from the Damascus\u00a0government. According to analysts, the campaign\u00a0has largely been successful in helping Syrian government forces dislodge\u00a0foreign-sponsored terrorists from many regions across the country.<\/p>\n

The foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria, which started in March 2011, has claimed the lives of more than 400,000 people, according to an estimate by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura.<\/p>\n

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