Daesh rockets kill 17, wound dozens in Daraa

Published February 4th, 2016 - 08:30 GMT
Airstrikes have hit Daraa multiple times over the past months, causing widespread damage. (AFP/File)
Airstrikes have hit Daraa multiple times over the past months, causing widespread damage. (AFP/File)

More than a dozen people have been killed and scores of others injured in rocket attacks by Daesh militants on residential areas in the Syrian city of Daraa.

Health officials said 17 civilians lost their lives and 101 others were injured when rockets fired by militants struck several neighborhoods across the city, Syria's official SANA news agency reported.

Head of Health Directorate in Dara’a Abdul Wadood al-Homsi said most of the wounded were women and children, and that one of them was in a very critical condition.

The projectiles also caused substantial damage to several houses.

Separately, three civilians were injured in a rocket attack by Jaysh al-Islam on Harasta, a suburban city northeast of Damascus.

Ten other people were injured when projectiles struck a number of neighborhoods in the northwestern city of Aleppo, some 355 kilometers (220 miles) north of Damascus.

Editor's note: This article has been edited from the source material

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