Mortar shells hit central Damascus: Report

Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 16:23

Mortar shells hit the centre of Damascus today morning, wounding three people, Syrian news agency SANA reported.

Child killed in Syrian mortar attack

Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:02

A child was killed and nine injured Sunday when a bomb shell hit a mini school bus in a restive suburb of Syria`s capital city of Damascus, Xinhua reported.

Vietnam War-era mortar shell blast kills 4 kids

Last Updated: Monday, December 3, 2012, 08:30

A mortar shell left from the Vietnam War has exploded in a southern village, killing four children and seriously injuring five other people.

Mortar shell slams clinic in Syrian capital

Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 23:29

Armed men fired a mortar shell that landed on a private clinic in the Syrian capital of Damascus Saturday evening.

Turkey fires back over Syrian border

Last Updated: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 17:00

Turkey fired back after a mortar shell believed to be fired by Syrian troops at opposition groups on the border landed Saturday morning in southern Turkey.

In Syria, mortars kill 21 in Damascus refugee camp

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 20:19

The attack on Yarmouk camp came as the government battled rebel fighters in the nearby Damascus suburb of Tadamon on yesterday evening.

UN ceasefire call impactless, Syria violence kills 26

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 14:36

The UN call for all sides to respect a ceasefire was rendered impactless as the violence in Syria claimed 26 lives on Tuesday.

Mortar shell found in Kupwara field

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 13:59

A mortar shell was recovered and destroyed by Bomb Disposal Squad in north Kashmir`s Kupwara district, police said on Wednesday.

Mortar bomb recovered near Indo-Pak border

Last Updated: Sunday, July 31, 2011, 14:25

A mortar bomb was recovered and later defused along Indo-Pak border in Bishan belt of Jammu district.

Mortar bomb used as school bell in Uganda

Last Updated: Monday, July 4, 2011, 20:20

Anti-landmine activists in Uganda discovered a school using an unexploded mortar bomb as a bell.

Suicide attack kills 8; mortar hits Afghan center

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 16:37

A suicide bomber killed eight people in a strike on Wednesday on the governor`s office in a northeastern province.

Mortar shells fired by security forces lands in Pakistan

Last Updated: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 00:16

Mortar shells apparently fired by security forces in Afghanistan landed in Pakistan`s northwestern tribal region today though there were no reports of casualties, officials said.