The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More intensive shelling targets the Eastern Ghouta and raise the death toll to 237 since the start of escalation on the area

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces renewed the targeting on the Eastern Ghouta by several shells and missiles, where they targeted by at least 14 missiles believed to be ground-to-ground areas in Arbin city, which is controlled by Rahman Corps, killing 2 citizens and wounding several others, also it rose to 27 at least, the number of missiles believed to be ground-to-ground that were launched by the regime forces on areas in Harasta city which wounded at least 8 people, and with more casualties, the death toll rises to 237 citizens including 58 children and 42 citizen women, since the 29th of December 2017 as a result of targeting the Eastern Ghouta by hundreds of raids and hundreds of artillery and rocket strikes, and the casualties are 131 citizens including 41 children, 31 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 as well as the cities of Saqba, Hamuriya, Douma and Arbin, and 106 citizens including 17 children and 11 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, Otaya and Mesraba.