Source : Xinhua
DAMASCUS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Multiple mortar shells fired by Syrian armed rebels landed Sunday near the state TV's office building and Sheraton Hotel in the heart of the capital Damascus causing injuries and material damages, witnesses told Xinhua.
According to Xinhua reporter at the scene, thick clouds of smoke permeated the area and heavy security forces were deployed in the streets, cutting off all routes leading to the Umayyad Square, where the state TV's office building is located.
Witnesses told Xinhua that two mortars, allegedly launched from al-Qusour area in the south, landed in the main yard of Sheraton Hotel, where UN-Arab League Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahim is staying.
They added another mortar slammed a street close to a highway, where two cars flipped over afte they hit the sidewalk steered by startled drivers.
Meanwhile, another mortar landed in the al-Qusour area in southern Damascus, local media said.
The rebels have recently stepped up mortar attacks in an attempt to destroy major military and governmental sites in Damascus.
Meanwhile, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels bombarded the main hospital in the Damascus suburb of Harasta, which they claimed had been turned into a regular force center.
The Observatory also said five family members, including two children, were killed by the government forces' bombardment on the town of Beit Sahm near the road to the airport of Damascus.
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