Seven civilians were injured on Sunday when armed groups fired shells on al-Mazraa and Bab Touma neighborhoods in Damascus city, in a new breach of the Russian memorandum on de-escalation zones.

A source at Damascus Police Command told SANA that armed groups positioned in the Eastern Ghouta fired a number of mortar shells on citizens’ houses in the neighborhoods of al-Mazraa and Bab Touma, injuring seven persons and causing material damage to private and public properties.