Shell hits Damascus Christian area: NGO

“A shell was fired on Bab Tuma,” a Christian quarter of Damascus's old city, said the Syrian Observatory for Human rights, without specifying exactly where it landed or where it was fired from.

Bab Tuma was targeted for the first time in the 21-month conflict by a car bomb in October that killed at least 13 people, but has been spared the violent clashes that have torn apart the rest of the country.

Early on Saturday, a car bomb blast rocked the Rokn Eddin neighborhood in the north of the capital, the Observatory said, but gave no further details.

In the north of the country, President Bashar al-Assad's army bombarded rebels positions in Aleppo province and clashes broke out between insurgents and troops in the areas around Aleppo international airport, the Observatory said.

Rebels have launched numerous assaults in the past few days to try to take the strategic airport of Syria's hard fought-over second city.

The airport was closed for two days from Tuesday after repeated insurgent attacks, and had to shut again on Friday due to “thick fog,” the authorities said.

It would reopen later on Saturday, an airport official told AFP, saying the army had successfully repelled the attacks and driven the rebel fighters away.

SHARE CLOSE
Blogger		Google+
Live Journal		Plurk
Stumble Upon

Tweet

	PREVIOUS ARTICLE
	C. African rebels capture 2 towns: minister

NEXT ARTICLE
Top Algerian politician steps down as party chief

Write a Comment

Terms

Enter your comments - 3000 characters max

Type in image code

 Receive China Post promos
 Respond to this email

Submit