Terrorists shell center of Damascus, 5 civilians injured

The central Abbasin Square also reportedly came under mortar fire, which caused material damage, , according to Sputnik.

No other details have been available so far.

The cases of mortar shelling of the Old City of the Syrian capital have increased over the past months. On September 13, two civilians died and eight more were wounded in shelling of Bab Touma district. Last week, terrorists shelled the Jaramana and Dahiyat al-Assad suburbs of Damascus.

The shelling comes amid the latest round of the Syrian peace talks in Astana, where the sides to the conflict, as well as the negotiations' brokers — Russia, Turkey and Iran — are discussing setting up a de-escalation zone in Damascus' south.