The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The largest daily death toll in the Eastern Ghouta increases to 47 civilian casualties including 20 children and citizen women killed by airstrikes on 10 cities and towns

Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the largest daily death toll in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, since about 45 days, is increasing, with the death of more citizens affected by the injury they had in the intensive raids witnessed today in the besieged Ghouta, where it has increased to 47 persons at leas including 10 children and 10 citizen women, the number of the casualties whose death was documented tday the 6th of February 2018, by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and the casualties are: 11 citizens including 2 children and 4 citizen women who were killed in a massacre carried out by warplanes in Douma city, the stronghold of Jaysh Al-Islam, 9 citizens including a child and 3 citizen women who were killed in a massacre carried out by warplanes in Arbin city, 6 citizens including a child were killed in a massacre carried out in Kafr Batna town by bombardment, 5 citizens including 2 children and a woman were killed in bombardment on Mesraba town, 4 citizens including a child and a citizen woman were killed in raids on Hamouriyah city, 4 citizens including 2 children were killed in raids on areas in Madyara, 3 citizens including a woman killed by bombardment by warplanes on areas in Saqba city, 3 citizens were killed in airstrikes on areas in Zamalka city, a child was killed in the raids by warplanes on Harasta city, and a citizen was killed in an airstrike which targeted Haza town, the bombardment also resulted in the injury of 197 citizens at least with varying severity, including tens of children and citizen women, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries and the presence of missing people under the rubble of the destruction caused by the bombardment on the Eastern Ghouta.

And with the continuation of killing the citizens besieged in the Eastern Ghouta, the death toll continues to increase, where it has increased to 336 citizens including 82 children and 58 citizen women, who have been killed 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 216 citizens including 61 children, 46 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, Hamouriyah, Douma and Arbin, and 120 citizens including 21 children and 12 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.