Escalation of aerial and artillery shelling on the eastern Ghouta kill 13 at least

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
It rose to 13, including 3 children and a citizen woman, the number of persons who were killed in the escalation of shelling and bombing by the regime forces and warplanes on areas in the Eastern Ghouta, where a man was killed in Douma city and other 3 men and a citizen woman were killed in Harasta, by bombardment by warplanes on areas in the cities of Douma and Harasta, while a man and child were killed in Mesraba, a man was killed in Harasta, child was killed in KafrBatna and 3 men and a child were killed in Arbin, all of them were killed in shelling by the regime forces using artillery shells on the 4 cities and towns, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.

In the same context, the clashes continued between Ahmad al-Abdu Forces, Jaysh Ahrar al-Asha’er, Osud al-Sharqiyyah and other factions allied with them against members of the “Islamic State” organization in the outskirts of the Eastern Qalamoun and the administrative border of Rif Dimashq with the southern desert of Homs, where the forces are seeking within the battle of “Sarajna al-Jiyad Litathir al-Hammad” to reduce the “Islamic State” organization’s controlled areas in “Damascus State” according to its administrative classifications.