In Syria, the Russian Reconciliation Center has come under massive shelling by illegal armed groups operating in East Ghouta, causing significant infrastructure damage and casualties among civilians.

A statement issued in Moscow says that residential areas and hotels also came under attack as a result several civilians were killed, however no casualty has been reported about Russian military personnel.

The center was set up in 2016, as a peace monitoring and humanitarian organization jointly run by Russia and Turkey. (Xinhua/APP)