Syria: There are reports of two people died and 12 people were injured in an attack on the inauguration of a Greek Orthodox church in Syria. An attack took place during the inaugural ceremony of a Greek Orthodox church in Hama Governorate.

The July 24 attack targeted Hagia Sophia Church in Al-Suqaylabiyah, about 30 miles northwest of Hama. The church was being built as a replica of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia by the governments of Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin in response to the Turkish government's converting that building to a mosque.

The attack has been variously attributed to rockets, missiles, or armed drones.

The Syrian Arab News Agency, the country's state media, attributed the attack to "terrorist organizations."

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor which relies on sources on the ground, confirmed the attack.

Sunday’s attack came two days after bombardment killed seven people, including four children, in the rebel-held Idlib region.

The Observatory said Friday’s deaths in the Jisr al-Shughur countryside of northern Syria were caused by Russian air strikes.