Damascus, Nov 14 (IANS) Three people were killed and 22 others wounded Thursday in two explosions and a mortar attack against an old district of Syria’s capital Damascus.
The attacks targeted the al-Kallaseh neighborhood in the old quarter of Damascus, Xinhua reported citing the state-run SANA news agency without giving further details.
The incidents came as part of daily attacks by the rebels positioned on the outskirts of Damascus.
Separately, SANA said Syrian troops ambushed a rebel group in the southern province of Daraa, killing 20.
It said some of those ambushed were foreign nationals, including a Saudi citizen.