The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After advancing in neighborhood’s outskirts yesterday… Escalated raids target Qaboun east of the capital Damascus

 

Damascus Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
Warplanes carried out morning of today several raids on areas in Qaboun neighborhood and its outskirts in east of the capital Damascus, while clashes took place after midnight of yesterday between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the Islamic factions in ​​Qaboun area at the eastern outskirts of the capital, accompanied by intensive shelling by the regime forces on the clash areas, where the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were able to advance east of the capital Damascus after violent clashes that lasted since the dawn of Sunday 23rd of April 2016, where the regime forces managed to advance and control al-Hussein Mosque which is located between al-Hafiz Street (which leads to Barza neighborhood which was controlled by the regime forces weeks ago) and between Qaboun neighborhood, the regime forces have also controlled in today’s attack about 12 houses in the vicinity of the mosque.