The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More civilian casualties raise the death toll to 79 at least in the Eastern Ghouta

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that a citizen was killed in the raids that targeted areas in Mesraba town which is controlled by Jaysh al-Islam in the Eastern Ghouta, where the aerial bombardment wounded 12 others, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, which in turn raise to 79 citizens including 18 children and 17 citizen women, the number of citizens killed since the 29th of December 2017 and until now, and the casualties are 54 citizens including 13 children, 14 citizen women and a male nurse, they were killed in raids by the warplanes on areas in Harasta city controlled by the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham and raids on Madyara town, and 25 citizens including 5 children and 3 citizen women and 2 male nurses were killed by artillery and rocket shelling targeted areas in Beit Sawa town, the cities of Harasta, Hamuriya, Douma and Arbin as well as the towns of Kafr Batna, Mesraba, Al-Nashabiyah and Otaya, and the aerial and artillery shelling left tens of casualties and wounded included a large number of children and citizen women, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries.