The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Aerial and ground shelling target areas in the besieged Eastern Ghouta leaving more casualties

Rif Dimashq province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: areas in Hazzah town were shelled by the regime forces by about 10 shells, causing material damage, and no information about causalities, while the warplanes shelled areas in Arbin city in conjunction with dropping barrel bombs on areas in the city, while a citizen died affected by injuries he had in shelling by warplanes on areas in Hazzah town rising to 16 including a child, the number of martyrs who were killed today in Saqba, Arbin, Harasta, Ein Tarman and the road of Hazzah – Zamlka and Kafrbatna, and about 125 others were injured with different severity including children and women.

it rose to 1197, the number of the Syrian civilians whose death was documented by the Syrian Observatory in the Eastern Ghouta, including 245 children and 164 women, who have been killed since 18th of February 2018 by the aerial, rocket and artillery shelling on the cities and towns of Douma, Harasta, Arbin, Zamalka, Hamouriyah, Jesrin, Kafr Batna, Hazza, Ash’ari, Nashabiyah, Aftries, Otaya, Al-Shifonyyah, Al-Marj area, Mesraba, Madyara, Beit Sawa, and other areas in the besieged Ghouta of Damascus, resulted in the injury of more than 4640 citizens including hundreds of children and citizen women with varying severity, some of them have permanent disabilities, while the bodies of tens of citizens are still under the rubble of destruction caused by the aerial, rocket and artillery shelling by the regime forces on the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, and the total death toll documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, includes 665 casualties including 104 children and 81 women who were killed and documented by the SOHR after the resolution of the UNSC, which failed again to stop the killing of the people of the Eastern Ghouta, and the shelling resulted in the fall of hundreds of wounded, where the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries, amid the tragic humanitarian situation of the people of Ghouta, who intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that they do not leave the shelters for fear of the intensive shelling, amid inability of the medical staff to relieve all medical cases.