{"id":5643,"date":"2018-03-28T13:07:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5643-at-least-27-people-killed-as-militants-attack-syrian-capital-damascus\/"},"modified":"2018-03-28T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:07:05","slug":"at-least-27-people-killed-as-militants-attack-syrian-capital-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5643-at-least-27-people-killed-as-militants-attack-syrian-capital-damascus\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 27 people killed as militants attack Syrian capital Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 27 people have been killed by militant shelling in the Syrian capital city of Damascus, says the Russian military.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>At least 27 people have been killed by militant shelling in the Syrian capital city of Damascus, says the Russian military.<\/h4>\n<h4>According to the TASS news agency on Tuesday, almost 60 other civilians were also injured in the mortar attacks which originated from Eastern Ghouta.<\/h4>\n<h4>Holed up inside Eastern Ghouta, foreign-backed militants have been launching indiscriminate mortar and rocket attacks on Damascus, which have resulted in many civilian deaths. 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