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Militants carry out attacks in central, southern Syria despite truce

Monday, 11 April 2016 5:05 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 11 April 2016 5:05 PM ]

Residents carry belongings they collected from their damaged homes as they walk during a return visit to the city of Palmyra, Syria, on April 9, 2016. © Reuters

A number of Syrian civilians have been injured in attacks by militants in central and southern Syria, while the Damascus government is observing a ceasefire and holding talks with opposition groups to end the conflict in the Arab country.

At least six people were injured in the southern city of Dara’a on Monday after militants fired mortar shells into residential neighborhoods, Syria's official news agency, SANA, reported.

Some 14 mortar rounds were fired at al-Matar and al-Sahari neighborhoods and an area near the National Hospital, a local police official told SANA.

The official added that two of those injured are in critical condition, noting the attack caused material damage to houses and private and public properties.

Militants also detonated an explosive device in Qamishli city in Hasakah Province and injured two civilians. The attack also resulted in material damage.

In Homs, militants fired a rocket shell on the main street in Karm al-Louz neighborhood, while another rocket landed in an area near a school in al-Nizha region. Two other rockets hit a residential neighborhood in al-Arman.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Monday lashed out at Turkey and Saudi Arabia for undermining a truce agreement in the war-ravaged country.

A ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia went into effect on February 27 across Syria. The truce agreement does not apply to Daesh and al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front.

The Syrian army has vowed to press ahead with its counter-terror military operations and drive Daesh elements out of their major strongholds in the war-wracked country.

The Syrian government is also involved in indirect negotiations with opposition groups on a political settlement of the crisis in the Arab state. A new round of discussions is to resume between the two sides in Geneva later this month.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly conflict it blames on some foreign states for more than five years. The militancy has left over 470,000 people dead so far, according to a February report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research.

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