Syria: Several civilians were injured in a missile attack on Meze area in Damascus

The Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday morning that several civilians were injured as a result of two rockets hitting Meze area in the ceer of Damascus.
According to Isna, the media office of the ministry announced in a stateme published by the official SANA News agency: “Damascus, the capital, was targeted by a rocket attack on Friday evening, after two Katyusha rockets fired from the outskirts of the city landed in resideial areas in and around the Meze area, injuring several civilians and causing material damage to property.”
This ministry explained that in cooperation with the Ministry of Ierior, it has started an investigation to determine the path of the missiles and their launch location.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense confirmed that it will coinue to pursue those responsible for the attack and take “deterre measures” against anyone who threatens the security of the capital and the safety of its resides.
Earlier, the official Syrian news agency, SANA, reported that an explosion was heard in Meze area in the ceer of Damascus, and security forces were immediately dispatched to investigate the incide.
The stateme said that specialized teams have started their work to conduct field investigations on the nature of the incide and whether it was caused by an explosion or some other malfunction.
The corresponde of this news agency confirmed that the sound of the explosion echoed throughout the Meze area, a vital and importa area in the capital.
He poied to the large presence of security forces in Mezeh and the dispatch of ambulances to this area.
This is the first time that Damascus is the target of missile attacks without ideifying the perpetrators.
At the beginning of last moh, a huge explosion rocked the Syrian city of Aleppo and caused material damage to some nearby places in Ashrafieh neighborhood.
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s governme on December 8 last year, Damascus and several other provinces of Syria have been targeted by Israeli airstrikes, the most importa of which was the bombing of the Ministry of Defense and the presideial palace.
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