At least 12 people have been killed and around three dozen others injured in separate mortar attacks launched by rebel militants against residential areas in and around Syria’s capital, Damascus.
Eleven people, mostly civilians, lost their lives and 20 others sustained injuries when mortar shells fired by militants struck Duwaila neighborhood of Damascus late on Friday the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
A civilian was also killed and 12 others were wounded when a barrage of mortar rounds launched by Daesh militants slammed into several Damascus neighborhoods.
The projectiles also caused substantial damage to several houses at the targeted areas.
The developments came four days after a civilian was killed and a dozen others injured when militant mortar shells hit Bab Tuma and al-Amara neighborhoods of the Syrian capital.
On September 4, three civilians lost their lives and 19 others were injured in a similar attack on the city of Jaramana, situated 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) southeast of Damascus.
Five other civilians also sustained injuries in a militant mortar strike against Bab Tuma district of Damascus on the same day.
The conflict in Syria, which started in March 2011, has reportedly claimed more than 240,000 lives up until now.
The violence has also forced over 3.8 million Syrians to take refuge in neighboring countries, including Jordan and Lebanon. More than 7.2 million others have been displaced within Syria, according to the United Nations.
