A member of the European Union's delegation in Syria has been killed in a rocket attack in a Damascus suburb.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Ahmad Shihadeh, an EU policy officer, was killed in Darayya, to the south-west of the capital.
He lived in the area and was killed while providing humanitarian help to the community, she said in a statement.
She did not say who the EU believed was responsible for Mr Shihadeh's death, which happened on Tuesday.
But the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an opposition activist network, reported that two surface-to-surface missiles had landed in Darayya on Tuesday night.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group, also said government forces had bombarded the town.
The LCC said Darayya had came under renewed artillery and rocket fire on Wednesday, and that army reinforcements were being deployed from the nearby Mezzeh military airport.
'Courage'In her statement Ms Ashton said: "I offer my sincere condolences to [Mr Shihadeh's] family and friends, and to the colleagues of the delegation.
"Ahmad died while providing humanitarian help to the community of Darayya. Ahmad was known for his courage and selflessness."
"I call again on all sides to take urgent steps to end the violence, which has led to the deaths of some 100,000 innocent citizens and over one million refugees seeking shelter in neighbouring countries," she added.
The EU withdrew international staff and closed it Damascus office in December amid worsening violence, but local Syrian staff remained.
Darayya, along with other suburbs, has been a hotbed of unrest since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began two years ago.
In recent months, the fighting between rebel groups and government forces has moved closer to capital itself, with dozens of people being killed by a series of bomb attacks in central districts.
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