The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Clashes continue violently and about 650 raids and shells target the capital Damascus since the start of the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham’s offensive the day before yesterday

The warplanes continue carrying out raids and targeting areas in the outskirts of Damascus, in the context of airstrikes escalation on the east of Damascus, where the number of raids that were carried out since the morning of Sunday 19th of March 2017 raised to more than 143 raids, most of the raids targeted Jobar neighborhood, and a number of them targeted al-Qaboun and its farms, these raids were accompanied by intensive shelling with about 500 artillery and missile shells launched by the regime forces since Sunday morning until this moment, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed by reliable sources that the clashes are still taking place between the regime forces and militiaman loyal to them against the Islamic factions of Rahman Corps, the Islamic movement of Ahrar al-Sham and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham in the outskirts of Jobar and the industrial area which separates between the factions’ controlled areas in the neighborhoods of Jobar and Qaboun, also the clashes erupted again dawn of today as a result of a violent attack launched by the factions targeting areas where the regime forces were able to advance to yesterday from the factories and sites in the industrial area, also shells fell on places in al-Shaghour area in ​​the center of the capital and on other areas controlled by the regime forces which injured more than 13 people, some of them were injured seriously.