Russia Reports Mortar Attacks On Its Embassy In Damascus.

Russia Reports Mortar Attacks On Its Embassy In Damascus.HT: EAWorldView.

Russian State news outlet RIA Novosti is reporting that the Russian Embassy in Damascus on Wednesdsay has come under extensive mortar attacks.

An employee of the Embassy is quoted as saying: “This morning between 08.00-10.30 local time, the area surrounding the Embassy was heavily shelled with mortars. Altogether, about 20 bombs were dropped. Embassy employees were not injured, four local residents were wounded and one was killed in the shelling.”

The Russian Embassy in Damascus is located on Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street in Adawi, north of the Old City in the Al Mazra’a neighborhood. The building is West of Jobar, which is possibly where the shells were fired from.

Syrian State news agency SANA also reports the incident — but with a twist. SANA claims that the attacks targeted the Al Faihaa Sport Hall in Damascus, which is directly north of the Russian Embassy, and that the attacks killed Mohammad Ali Nu’meh of the Syrian national Taekwondo team.