The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Renewed targeting by shells hit several areas in the middle of the capital Damascus within the continued escalation on it

The rocket shelling is continuing on areas in the middle of Damascus and other places in its outskirts and districts, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today morning the 24th of February 2018, the fall of shells on areas in Baghdad Street and the squares of the governorate and Sabaa Bahrat in the middle of Damascus, which caused further material damage, and confirmed information about the fall of injuries.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented yesterday the death of 2 persons (a doctor and a child), and the injury of 58 others with varying severity, as a result of the targeting to Rukn Al-Din neighborhood and other areas in the middle of the capital and in its districts, raising to 121 persons at least including 18 children and 14 citizen women, who were killed as a result of the fall of these shells since the beginning of escalation on the capital Damascus and its suburbs on the 16th of November, and the SOHR documented the injury of more than 610 persons who were injured in these daily targeting during 3 consecutive months, including tens of children and citizen women, some of whom have seriously injured and have permanent disability, and the SOHR also monitored the continuation of the poor health condition of some of the injured people, which may raise the death toll.