{"id":5613,"date":"2018-03-21T14:11:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5613-rocket-attack-kills-35-in-damascus-shopping-district\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:11:21","slug":"rocket-attack-kills-35-in-damascus-shopping-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5613-rocket-attack-kills-35-in-damascus-shopping-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket attack kills 35 in Damascus shopping district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rocket has killed 35 people in a Damascus shopping district in one of the deadliest rebel attacks on the Syrian capital, as bombardment by the government and its allies left dozens of civilians dead in an opposition stronghold.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>A rocket has killed 35 people in a Damascus shopping district in one of the deadliest rebel attacks on the Syrian capital, as bombardment by the government and its allies left dozens of civilians dead in an opposition stronghold.<\/h4>\n<h4>Tuesday\u2019s attack came as heavy bombardment killed 38 civilians in the shrinking rebel enclave of eastern Ghouta, which is east of the capital.<\/h4>\n<h4>State media said the opposition fire had hit the area of Jaramana, which residents said was full of shoppers \u2013 many buying presents before Mother\u2019s Day.<\/h4>\n<h4>A taxi driver, who asked not to give his name, said he had been nearby when the rocket hit a street known for its cheap clothes and food shops.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThe place was full of people buying presents for Mother\u2019s Day,\u201d said the 41-year-old.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rocket has killed 35 people in a Damascus shopping district in one of the deadliest rebel attacks on the Syrian capital, as bombardment by the government and its allies left dozens of civilians dead in an opposition stronghold. \u00a0 A rocket has killed 35 people in a Damascus shopping district in one of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[473,840,41,338],"class_list":["post-5613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-government","tag-rocket","tag-syria","tag-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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