After targeting the capital and the Eastern Ghouta with about 200 raids, missiles and shells since dawn of yesterday… the regime forces advance into several positions at the outskirts of Ein Tarma

The Eastern Ghouta and the eastern outskirts of Damascus are witnessing continued military operations, that have been ignited by the violent attack executed by the regime forces at dawn yesterday, the 5th of August 2017. The SOHR learned that the regime forces and their allied militiamen managed to make an advancement near Sunbul Fuel Station area, which is adjacent to AlMotahalik Al-Jacobi (the Southern Bypass) from the side of Ein Tarma, as they were able to take control of 4 houses in the area. This coincided with the continued violent and intensive shelling by the regime forces on the town and the continued clashes, with a varied pace of violence, between the regime forces and their allied militiamen on one hand and Al-Rahman Corps on the other. The number of missiles, believed to be ground-to-ground, that have been shelled by the regime forces on Jobar and Ein Tarma yesterday rose to 115. Missiles were also accompanied by more than 68 rocket and artillery shells. Meanwhile, warplanes carried out yesterday morning around 15 raids on Ein Tarma, its outskirts and the outskirts of Jobar. Casualties were reported at both sides. The SOHR published yesterday morning that the regime forces carried out a violent attack at dawn yesterday in an attempt to separate Jobar neighborhood from Ein Tarma and the Eastern Ghouta by advancing into areas adjacent to AlMotahalik AlJanobi (the Southern Bypass).