More Syrian Rockets Land on Hermel, Several Wounded
Several people were injured on Tuesday in two cross-border rocket attacks in the northeastern town of Hermel, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said seven rockets landed in Hermel and its outskirts a day after a girl was killed in a similar incident.
In the first attack, three rockets hit the Hermel area.
"One of them hit a residential neighborhood in the center of the town while the other hit the hills facing the town," NNA said.
Later, the agency said a third rocket hit the Hermel region, leaving several people lightly wounded.
And at 4:15 p.m., two rockets hit the region, with one of them hitting a house and wounding three people. The second rocket landed in a neighboring grove.
"Fifteen minutes later, two other rockets landed in the area, causing no injuries," NNA said.
On Monday, Loulou Awwad, 17, died and another woman from the same family was wounded by rockets that targeted residential neighborhoods in Hermel.
The rockets also caused major material damage, NNA said.
The area lies just across from the Syrian town of al-Qusayr where regime troops backed by Hizbullah fighters have been engaged in heavy clashes with rebels seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Hermel residents occasionally hear the heavy thud of artillery and airstrikes in al-Qusayr.
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