23 September 2013 (23:24 UTC-07 Tango 22 September 2013)/18 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/01 Mehr 1391/19 Xin-You (8th month) 4711

The government of Jordan is reporting that more than 91-thousand refugees from Syria have returned to Syria.   Jordanian officials say the refugees simply returned to Syria of their own accord, but there are still more than 500-thousand refugees in Jordan.

In Damascus, Syria, three Russian diplomats were wounded when U.S.-Saudi-Israeli backed insurgents launched an artillery attack on the Russian Embassy.

At least one artillery round exploded in the embassy compound.  Officials say the embassy has been targeted by insurgents before.  Russia says they will now help the Syrian government increase their military power to stop such attacks.

The attack came one hour after Russia announced they are sending military observers to safeguard the destruction of the Syrian government’s chemical weapon stockpiles.