The Eastern Ghouta is witnessing the first clashes since a week between the regime forces and the Jaysh al-Islam in al-Shifonyyah area at the eastern outskirts of the besieged Ghouta
Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that that the violent clashes are still taking place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against Jaysh al-Islam, in places in Al-Shifonyyah area at the outskirts of the Eastern Ghouta, in an attempt by the regime forces to advance in the area, and the clashes coincide with intense targeting by heavy machineguns, while it rose to 12 at least, the number of raids that targeted places in Al-Shifonyyah area in the Eastern Ghouta, in conjunction with shelling by the regime forces on the same area, and these clashes are considered the first clashes since the start of escalation on Sunday evening, the 18th of February 2018.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had documented that it 519 citizens including 127 children and 75 women, the number of the civilian casualties who have been killed since Sunday evening the 18th of February 2018, and the casualties are: 41 citizens including 8 children under the age of eighteen, and 8 women were killed today by bombardment by warplanes on Harasta, Douma, Zamalka, Beit Sawa and Al-Shifonyyah, 43 citizens including 18 children and 4 women were killed on Friday, 73 citizens including 9 children and 8 citizen women who were killed on Thursday in bombardment by warplanes on areas in Mesraba and Aftries towns and Douma and Arbin cities, 85 citizens including 20 children and 12 women, were killed on Wednesday in bombardment by helicopters by explosive barrels on Kafr Batna town and airstrikes on Jesrin town and raids on Saqba, 133 citizens including 33 children and 17 women were killed on Tuesday, in the shelling on the areas of Nashabiyah, Otaya, Arbin, Zamalka Mesraba, Hamuriya, Saqba and Ash’ari, 127 citizens including 34 children and 23 women were killed on Monday, in the aerial and ground bombardment on Hamuriya, Beit Sawa and Saqba, Douma , Mesraba, Otaya, Nashabiyah, Zamalka, Aftries, KafrBatna, Al-Shifonyyah and Jesrin, 17 citizens including 5 children and 3 women were killed on the evening of Sunday, in aerial, missile and artillery bombardments on Saqba, Mesraba, Otaya and Ashari area, due to intensive aerial, artillery and rocket shelling by about 3940 raids, missiles, explosive barrels and shells, where the warplanes carried out about 629 airstrikes, while the regime’s helicopters dropped more than 232 explosive barrels, and the regime forces shelled the besieged Ghouta by more than 2065 missiles, in conjunction with shelling by about 1014 artillery shells.