The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The clashes renewed at the outskirts of the Eastern Ghouta between Rahman Corps and the regime forces

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the clashes sporadically renewed in places in the Eastern Ghouta, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored clashes in areas in the vicinity of AlMotahalik AlJanobi and in the area of Wadi Ein Tarma at the western outskirts of the Eastern Ghouta, amid exchange of targeting between both parties of the clash, but no information about casualties so far, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning that the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus is witnessing in the 23rd day of escalating the military operations in it, the return of the violent clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the fighters of the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham, in areas inside the Vehicle Department and its vicinity, amid exchange of targeting in the clash areas between the both parties, while areas in the outskirts of Harasta city were shelled by the regime forces, which caused material damage to the property of the citizens, without information about casualties so far, and the regime forces shelled this morning areas in Arbin city controlled by Al-Rahman Corps, in the Eastern Ghouta, which killed two brother children (a boy and a girl), while their mother was injured, in which the SOHR monitored that the shell fell on their house in Arbin.

And with this increasing killing in the Eastern Ghouta for the 23rd consecutive day of the escalation that started on the 14th of November 2017, the death toll has increased to 199 casualties including 47 children under the age of eighteen, 21 citizen women over the age of eighteen and 4 members of the Civil Defense, the number of people who have been killed since Tuesday the 14th of November 2017, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented today, Wednesday, the death of 2 brother children by artillery shelling on Arbin, and it documented on Tuesday the death of 3 citizens including a child by bombardment on Ein Tarma town, while a citizen was on Monday by bombardment on Ein Tarma town, while 27 citizens including 9 children and 3 citizen women were killed on Sunday they are: a man killed in artillery shelling on Harasta, and 26 citizens were killed by raids on Hamuriya, Arbin, Misraba and Beit Sawa, and it documented on Saturday the death of 11 citizens including 3 women, they are 9 citizens including 2 women were killed by raids on Arbin and Harasta cities, and a citizen woman and a man died affected by injuries they had as a result of earlier bombardment on Misraba, while the SOHR documented on Thursday the death of a citizen by shelling on Harasta city, and a man died in Mdira affected by the injury he had by bombardment by warplanes on areas in Mdira town, while two citizens were killed on Wednesday, one of them was killed by shelling on Arbin and the other died affected by the injury he had by earlier rocket shelling on Hazza, while 4 citizens including 2 children who were killed on Tuesday by raids on Hamuriya, while 18 citizens were killed yesterday, Monday including 2 children and a woman by bombardment by warplanes on areas in Mesraba, Madyara and Arbin as well as artillery shelling on Douma, and the Syrian Observatory also documented the death of 25 citizens on Sunday including 5 children and 3 citizen women by raids on Mesraba and Madyara, as well as rocket shelling on Douma, also 11 citizens including 5 children and a woman were killed on Thursday due to raids on areas in the cities and the towns of Harasta, Douma and Ein Tarma, raids on Arbin city, rocket shelling on Ein Tarma and Jesrin, affected by the injury they had by raids on Hazza and Mesraba, artillery shelling on Arbin city, while 3 children were killed on Wednesday by artillery shelling on Ein Tarma and Harasta city in the Eastern Ghouta, while 3 citizens including a woman died on Tuesday affected by the injury they had by artillery and rocket shelling previously on Arbin city and Mesraba town, also 10 citizens including 4 children and 2 citizen women were killed on Monday, by artillery and rocket shelling on Arbin, Madyara, Hamuriya and Kafr Batna, while 17 citizens including a child were killed on Sunday, by artillery and rocket shelling on Douma, Mesraba, Madyara, Hamuriya, while on Saturday at least 14 were killed including a child girl and 4 women as a result of raids on Madyara and Harasta, and artillery shelling on Hazza and Hamuriya, while 20 citizens including 6 children and 2 citizen women were killed on Friday, as a result of artillery, aerial and rocket shelling on Douma, Harasta and Arbin, while 14 citizens including 4 children and women were killed on Thursday, due to raids and land shelling on Arbin, Beit Sawa, Douma, Hamuriya and Ein Tarma, and the casualties who were killed on Wednesday, are 8 citizens including two children they were killed by raids and artillery shelling Arbin, Saqba, Hamuriya and Douma, while the casualties who were killed on Tuesday are 4 citizens were killed by shelling on Arbin and Madyara, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the injury of about 655 persons at least including tens of children and citizen women, some of them are still in serious situation, which may raise the death toll.