DAMASCUS. – No Armenians were injured in a shelling in Yarmuk camp in the Syrian capital on Saturday, representative of local Armenian community Nazareth Elmadjian said by phone.

“Not a single Armenian was killed or injured,” he told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He found it difficult to speak about the details noting the attack was carried out by military helicopters.

“They were not missiles but rather small-caliber shells,” he said.

Earlier Reuters reported about 20 killed in the Yarmuk camp. The UN observers confirmed the reports.