Rocket fire kills four in Damascus

Rocket fire in the Syrian capital killed four people and wounded dozens of others on Wednesday, state media said. State news agency SANA said four people were killed and 24 wounded in "attacks on the Damascus Tower and Maysat Square". "A rocket fired by terrorists on Damascus city struck a car crossing Maysat Square, killing two civilians and wounding 11 others," SANA reported a source in the Damascus police as saying.
"Another rocket fired by the terrorists fell on the high floors of the Damascus Tower in the Marjeh area, killing two people and wounding 13 civilians," the source said. State television had earlier reported shelling on the tower in central Damascus and suggested the car in Maysat Square in the northeast of the city could have been booby-trapped.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible. The attacks came as regime forces battle to oust Islamic State group jihadists from the southern districts of the capital, including Yarmuk and the adjacent Hajar al-Aswad neighbourhood.