A massacre in the stronghold of Jaysh Al-Islam in the Eastern Ghouta kills 5 casualties at least and injures others

Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: successive explosions rocked the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus few hours ago, caused by the fall of 4 shells fired by the regime forces on areas in Douma city which is the stronghold of Jaysh Al-Islam in the Eastern Ghouta, which resulted in a massacre killed 5 casualties including a child, and injured other persons with varying degrees of severity, and a shell fired by the regime forces fell on an area in Saqba town, resulted in the death of a man and the injury of 5 others, this shelling comes after calmness has prevailed the Eastern Ghouta since yesterday after the midnight until this morning.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 29th of September 2017, that that 21 citizens at least including 8 children and a woman were killed on the 29th of September 2017, they were killed by rocket shelling by the regime forces on the cities and the towns of Douma, Saqba, Masraba, Harasta and Beit Sawa, in which this targeting and killings of civilians comes within the first operation of the regime forces to revenge for the death of tens of their soldiers and armed militiamen who were killed yesterday and day before yesterday in explosions carried out by al-Rahman Corps near the walls of the Capital Damascus, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published in September 2017, that 54 persons at leas of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them were killed and tens others were injured with varying degrees of severity, in the outskirts of the capital Damascus and the outskirts of the Eastern Ghouta, as a result of the successive explosions which were carried out by Al-Rahman Corps operating in Jobar and the western outskirts of the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus during 24 hours extended between Thursday the 28th of September 2017, and Wednesday the 27th of September 2017.