DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — A child was killed and a woman was injured in a terrorist mortar attack on central Damascus and a refugee camp in the suburbs of the Syrian capital, local police said Saturday.
"The terrorists launched mortar shells that exploded on the 29th May Street and in Al-Adawi area inflicting property damage. Besides, the Uafidin camp located in the suburbs was shelled, where a child was killed and a woman was injured," the police told RIA Novosti.
Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces fighting against numerous opposition factions, including the Western-backed allegedly moderate factions, as well as terrorist groups, such as Daesh and the Nusra Front.
The cessation of hostilities in Syria took effect on February 27 to facilitate humanitarian access to all besieged areas in the country, among other goals. The ceasefire does no apply to the terrorist groups operating in the country.
