The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

At least 76 casualties join the convoy of civilian casualties of the Ghouta, raising its victims to about 1350 civilians; more than 60% of them were killed after Security Council resolution

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the death toll continues to rise in the Eastern Ghouta as a result of the death of more injured people affected by their injuries in KafrBatna massacre, and also as a result of pulling more corpses from under the rubble caused by the aerial bombardment on Zamalka city, where it rose to 76 at least, the number of people who were killed today including 64 (and 13 of them are children) were killed in the Russian aerial bombardment which caused a massacre in KafrBatna town, and the rest of them were killed in Saqba including a child who was killed in shelling on Harasta, while rescue teams pulled out more bodies from under the rubble of destruction caused by the aerial bombardment on Zamalka city, raising to 20 at least including 4 children and 2 women, the number of persons who were killed in the Zamalka massacre which was carried out by warplanes on Thursday, the 15th of March 2018.

And as more civilians dies, it rose to 1346, the number of the Syrian civilians whose death was documented by the Syrian Observatory in the Eastern Ghouta, including 270 children and 173 women, who have been killed since the 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 5120 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 814 casualties including 129 children and 90 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.