Russia denounces mortar attacks against its embassy in Syria
The Russian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus has come under two mortar attacks by “terrorists” in the past two days, the Russian Foreign Ministry says.
In a statement, the ministry announced that on Friday and Thursday the complex of the Russian diplomatic mission in the Syrian capital had been the target of a pair of mortar shelling launched “precisely” from the terrorists-controlled Jobar area, which lies a few kilometers northeast of Damascus.
According to the statement, the shell from the first attack landed somewhere between the main office and the residential buildings and the second one exploded around 20 meters from the main entrance to the embassy. It added that the two attacks had no casualties but inflicted some material damage on the building.
“We strongly condemn the new terrorist attack against the Russian diplomatic mission in Damascus. Vile attacks on our embassy are taking place amid truce and with an evident aim to disrupt the cessation of hostilities and derail efforts in the Syrian political process,” the Russian ministry further said, vowing that “this crime will not go unpunished.”
It also said that there was an absolute necessity for the implementation of the United Nations Security Council’s anti-terror resolutions in the region in order to put an end to the flow of weapons and funding to terrorists in the Arab country.
The statement also called for joint efforts against the Daesh and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Takfiri terrorist groups and their affiliates in Syria.
Syria's nationwide truce, which excludes Daesh and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, has been in place since December 30, two days after another mortar attack was launched against the Russian embassy.
Since last year, the Russian diplomatic mission in war-torn Syria has come under several militant attacks, neither of which resulted in casualties.
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Russia has been engaged in an anti-terror campaign in Syria since September 2015 based on a request from the Damascus government.
Syria has been battling foreign-backed militancy for nearly six years. Over the past few months, the Syrian army has made significant gains against terrorists.
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