Militant rocket attack on Syrian city kills 4 civilians: Russian Military
Moscow, Apr 8 (Sputnik) Syrian militants used improvised multiple rocket launchers to attack the northwestern city of Masyaf, killing four civilians and hurting a dozen others, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday.
"As a result of attack at Masyaf, Hama province, when terrorists used improvised multiple launch rocket systems, four people were killed and 12 civilians wounded," the ministry’s center for Syrian reconciliation said.
The Syrian armed forces repelled an attempt by militants to advance on the village of Kbana in the Latakia province. Attacks were also launched on Safsafa, Bsharfa, Rasha, Qastal-al-Borj-Barisha, Ruayset-Iskander, Eyn-al-Kantara and al-Amara.
In the neighboring Idlib province, militants attacked the settlements of Abu-Omar, Abu-Dali and Mutuasta. Aleppo and Sabikiyah in the Aleppo province also came under fire.
In the past day, 451 people used a humanitarian corridor to leave the Rukban camp in Syria's southeast on the border with Jordan. A total of 1,825 people have moved out of the overpopulated refugee camp since February 19, according to the Russian military.
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