Assad regime shells Damascus preschool, killing 6 children

Syrian activists say a rocket or mortar barrage struck a preschool in an opposition-controlled suburb of Damascus, killing at least six children.

The activist-run Unified Medical Bureau of Eastern Ghouta reports the death toll, saying medical facilities in the suburb of Harista received tens of wounded children and adults following the shelling.

The locally-run Education Directorate says government forces struck the school during the first recess of the day. It says more than 25 children were wounded in addition to the six killed.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of local activists, also blames government forces for the strike.

— AP