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UN Security Council strongly condemns mortar attack on Russian embassy in Damascus

The Council members extended their condolences to the family of the victim and expressed their sympathy to all those injured

UNITED NATIONS, November 29. /ITAR-TASS/. The UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned a mortar shelling attack on Russia’s embassy in Damascus, calling it “an act of terrorism.”

“Members of the Security Council are outraged and strongly condemned the mortar shelling on 28 November against the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Damascus, Syria, which killed one and wounded 9 people including among the Embassy security personnel,” the Council said in statement issued from UN Headquarters in New York.