05.02.2015 a syrian rebel islamist group has launched a rocket attack on residential areas of damascus leaving at least three killed and 30 wounded according to local reports. rockets and shells fired by the jaysh al-islam or islam army landed in the very heart of the syrian capital media report citing numerous witness accounts. rocket rain on damascus center by jaish al-islam (islamist rebel force) 2nd time in less than two weeks. thats something new. syria raniah salloum (ranyah) february 5 2015 over 30 rockets so far on damascus syria pic.twitter.com1xzgkumiym elijah j. magnier (ejmalrai) february 5 2015 the rocket attack was apparently in revenge for airstrikes by forces loyal to syrias president bashar al-assad in eastern al-ghouta a rebel stronghold in damascus. i am sure zahran1970 is enjoying these pictures of school kids taking cover in damascus damscusunderattack pic.twitter.comegrjp0lkvn baibars abou fadel (keepingtheleith) february 5 2015 schools were closed due to the strikes and local residents were forced to take shelter from the attack. syria death in damascus - rocket attack shakes syrian capital - youtube in a twitter post earlier this week the islam armys leader mohammed bin abdullah zahran aloush warned that damascus was a "military zone" and that his group would respond to airstrikes by the syrian military on ghouta which left dozen people killed.
islamists launch rocket attack on damascus at least 3 killed 30 wounded