Syria: Four civilians killed by shells after Assad warning to West
SHELLING killed four civilians in Damascus yesterday after President Bashar al-Assad ruled out detente with Western nations until they end support for extremists.
Shortly after Mr Assad delivered his speech, shells landed at the entrance to the Damascus Fair, killing four people and wounding four others.
The government had hailed the international event that began last week as a sign of Syria’s emergence from six years of Western-backed war.
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