DAMASCUS: Damascus international airport came under rebel mortar attack yesterday, officials said, as the United Nations warned that children and families are increasingly becoming victims of the “vicious” conflict in Syria.
Rebels fired two mortar rounds, delaying two landings and one take-off, state television quoted Transport Minister Mahmoud Said as saying.
“One mortar round hit at the airport’s edges, near the runway, causing two flights coming from Latakia (in northwest Syria) and Kuwait to delay their landing. The take-off of a flight to Baghdad was also delayed,” he said. AFP
