The Russian embassy was subject to intense mortar shelling that lasted for two hours on Wednesday, a well-informed security source told Xinhua on Thursday.

The shelling targeted the embassy in the Mazraa neighborhood in Damascus on Wednesday noon, it said, adding that the source of the shelling is from the rebel-held neighborhood of Jobar in the eastern countryside of Damascus.

None of the embassy staff members were injured or hurt, but the yard of the embassy compound is filled with debris, as work is now ongoing to assess the damages.

It wasn't the first time the embassy of Russia was hit. During the previous times, no injuries were reported.

The mortar shelling on the embassy is part of a broader mortar attacks the rebels in eastern Damascus countryside have recently unleashed.

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