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Seven People Killed, Eight Wounded in Al-Nusra Front Shelling of Damascus

© AFP 2023 / Fadi al-Halabi/AMCFighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front drive in armed vehicles in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo as they head to a frontline, on May 26, 2015
Fighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front drive in armed vehicles in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo as they head to a frontline, on May 26, 2015 - Sputnik International
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At least seven civilians have been killed in a al-Nusra Front shelling of a hospital and a convalescent home in the northeastern outskirts of Damascus, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Syria has been in a state of civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad fighting several opposition factions and militant groups, such as the Daesh and al-Nusra Front.

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A US-Russia-brokered ceasefire came into force across Syria on February 27. It was supported by Damascus, as well as by dozens of opposition groups on the ground. Daesh and Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front), both outlawed in Russia, were not part of the deal.

"In Damascus, Nusra Front militants carried out mortar shelling of a hospital near Harasta and a convalescent home near Dahiyat al-Asad," the ministry said in a daily bulletin posted on its website.

"As a result, seven civilians [including a child] were killed and another eight were wounded," the bulletin said.

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