Rebel rockets hit Damascus 'to avenge chemical attack'

Rebel fighters said they fired Katyusha rockets at government positions in central Damascus on Wednesday in retaliation for alleged chemical weapons attacks by Syrian regime forces against civilians.

Opposition activists distributed video footage showing what they said were two locally produced Katyusha rockets being launched "in response to the chemical weapons massacre." The insurgents also fired mortar shells at air force intelligence headquarters in the east of the capital, without causing casualties. That attack came a few hours after government forces fired two surface-to-surface missiles into the eastern Damascus suburb of Jobar. (AFP)