DAMASCUS
An air strike killed five people and injured 170 others in a prison in Ar-Raqqah city in the north of Syria on Saturday.
Syrian Local Coordination Committee (LCC) stated that a helicopter of Assad forces hit a prison in Ar-Raqqah which was under the siege of Free Syrian Army, noting that five prisoners were killed and 170 others were wounded in the attack.
LCC said that Free Syrian Army wanted to seize control of the prison as many political prisoners were kept there.