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Six civilians killed, 11 injured in terrorist rocket attack on Syria refugee camp

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 9:00 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 15 May 2019 1:08 AM ]

A man stares at the damage on the roof of a building that was hit by a rocket in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 14, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

At least six civilians, including two children, have lost their lives and nearly a dozen others sustained injuries when foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists fired a barrage of rockets at a government-controlled refugee camp in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo.

Local sources, requesting not to be named, told Syria’s official news agency SANA that terrorists positioned in the western and southwestern outskirts of the provincial capital city of Aleppo lobbed four projectiles into al-Nayrab refugee camp on Tuesday evening, leaving six people dead and 11 others injured.

The sources added that the injured civilians were transported to Aleppo General Hospital and al-Razi Hospital to receive treatment.

Nayrab camp houses displaced Syrians and Palestinian refugees who have been living in Syria.

The terrorist rocket attack comes amid an unprecedented escalation between Syrian government forces and foreign-backed militants, who have a last foothold in northwestern Syria.

Earlier in the day, Syrian soldiers struck the positions of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, in the rural districts of the militant-held northwestern province of Idlib as well as the western-central province of Hama.

Syrian army soldiers flash the victory sign as they stand on their tank in the town of Kafr Nabudah, in the countryside of the Hama province on Saturday, May 11, 2019. (Photo by SANA)

Syrian troops pounded Jabhat Fateh al-Sham’s holdouts in an area stretching from Hobait village to Kafr Nabudah town in the Maarrat al-Nu'man district of Idlib province, killing and wounding many terrorists and destroying their arms depots.

Elsewhere in Hama province, intensive strikes were carried out on militant positions in the towns of al-Lataminah, Kafr Zita, al-Arba'in and al-Zakah village.

SANA reported that scores of Takfiri terrorists were killed and injured as a result. A number of foreign nationals were among the slain militants.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.

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