Rocket fire kills 35 in Damascus suburb

Rockets fired on a market in a government-controlled neighborhood of Damascus on Tuesday killed 35 people and wounded more than 20 others, Syrian state-run media said, marking one of the highest death tolls in a single attack targeting the capital.

Syrian Arab News Agency quoted a police source of Damascus confirmed the attack and the number of casualties.

Haitham al-Husseini, director of Damascus Hospital, told SANA that 35 bodies were sent to the hospital.