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A SANA handout picture shows the devastation in the Christian suburb of Qassaa in Damascus after mortar rounds killed eight people in the capital on Sunday. (AFP/SANA)

October 6th, 2013 - 02:45 GMT

At least eight killed as mortar fire hits Damascus Christian neighbourhood

At least eight people were killed and 24 wounded after mortar fire hit Damascus' Christian majority Qassaa district on Sunday.

A mortar shell hit the Iraqi consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus Thursday, killing an Iraqi woman. The capital has been targeted by bombs and mortar shells in recent months. Here, Syrians inspect the sight of a car bomb attack in Damascus' Tadamun neighbourhood last week. (AFP)

September 26th, 2013 - 11:44 GMT

Iraqi consulate in Damascus hit by mortar shells