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Syria accuses ‘terrorist groups’ of bombing hospital in Daraa as fighting intensifies

TERRORIST groups were accused of shelling a hospital in the besieged Syrian city of Daraa today as government forces seek to liberate it from jihadists.

According to state media reports, damage was caused to equipment and supplies in the renal department of Daraa National Hospital.

Mortar shells were also reported to have been fired in the al-Sahara district, damaging a number of homes and civilian property.

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