Casualties in "hostile attack" near Lebanese embassy in Damascus

News November 12, 2019

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Damascus (QNN)- Casualties were reported from a building near the Lebanese embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus in an "hostile attack" late on Tuesday, state television said. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) stated that casualties were reported in what it described as a "hostile attack" near the Lebanese embassy in the neighborhood of Mazzeh in western Damascus. At least two people were killed and six injured in the attack. The state News agency has previously reported that the Syrian army targeted a "hostile target" over Darayya in western Damascus. Using the term "hostile target", Syria usually refers to Israeli warplanes, which used to target locations inside Syria over the past years.

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