MOSCOW (Dispatches) -- The Russian embassy in Damascus was targeted in a mortar attack on Wednesday, in which none of the embassy staff were hurt, Russia's Foreign Ministry said in statement.
The ministry condemned what it called "a terrorist attack" carried out from "positions of terrorist gangs." Two of the mortar shells landed and exploded on the territory of the embassy while another two detonated close near its outside perimeter, it said. "We confirm that Russia's consistent and principled policy of uncompromising fight against terrorists in Syria will be continued," the ministry said.