At least 44 people have been killed in a rocket attack by militants on a market in a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus.<\/p>\n
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At least 44 people have been killed in a rocket attack by militants on a market in a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus.<\/p>\n
The state television said on Tuesday that the rocket fire by terrorist groups hit Jaramana area east of the capital.<\/p>\n
It had initially been reported that 20 people were killed in the attack.<\/p>\n
Over the past few weeks, Syria and Russia have cornered foreign-backed militants in Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, as part of their campaign to liberate civilians holed up there and end militant attacks from the suburb on the capital.<\/p>\n
On March 16, the Syrian army said its forces had regained the control of 70 percent of militant-held areas in Eastern Ghouta.<\/p>\n
Eastern Ghouta fell to militants in 2012, months after Syria plunged into crisis, and has since served as a launch pad for fatal mortar attacks against residents and infrastructure in the capital. The region is controlled by a collection of militant groups, most notably the Takfiri terror groups of Jaish al-Islam and JabhatFateh al-Sham, commonly known as al-Nusra Front.<\/p>\n
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