The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Shelling for the 4th day accompany the violent clashes in the Eastern Ghouta kills 10 citizens mostly children, women and rescue teams

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of members of the civil defense and the injury of about 10 others in the raids carried out by warplanes on Douma city in the Eastern Ghouta on Friday morning, the 17th of November 2017, and intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that one of the raids targeted a civil defense team when it went to evacuate injuries and move them to medical points, after a raid carried out by warplanes on Douma city, the stronghold of the Jaysh al-Islam in Syria, raising to at least 9, the number of persons who were killed today in Douma city, they are: 2 members of the civil defense were killed in raids by warplanes, and 7 citizens including 5 children and a woman were killed in artillery shelling on the Eastern Ghouta, also the artillery and aerial bombardment have injured about 30 other people -including children and women- with varying severity, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, while a child was killed today in airstrikes on Harasta city.

Thus, the number of casualties who have been killed since the noon of Tuesday the 14th of November 2017, has increased to 36 casualties at least including 10 children and a two women, in which 10 citizens were killed today by shelling by the regime forces on areas in the Eastern Ghouta, while 14 citizens were killed on Thursday, as well as 8 citizens were killed on Wednesday, and 4 others were killed on Tuesday, and in the details documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the casualties who were killed today are 7 citizens including 5 children and a woman were killed in shelling by the regime forces on Douma city, and a chilled was killed by raids on Harasta city, while the casualties who were killed on Thursday are 5 citizens were killed due to raids carried out by warplanes on areas in Arbin city, and a child died affected by the injury he had by shelling by the regime forces on Arbin city, 3 children were killed by a shell on Biet Sawa town, a citizen woman was killed by rocket shelling on Douma and a man was killed by rocket shelling on Saqbq, and a young man was killed by shelling by the regime forces on Ein Tarma town, and two citizens were killed by shelling by the regime forces by missiles on Hamouriyah city, and the casualties who were killed on Wednesday, are 4 citizens including two children they were killed by raids targeted areas in Arbin city and a man was killed by rocket shelling on Saqba city, and another was killed by rocket and artillery shelling on Hamouriyah city, and 2 citizens were killed by aerial and artillery shelling on Douma city, while the casualties who were killed on Tuesday are 2 citizens were killed in artillery shelling by the regime forces on Arbin city, and two others were killed in shelling by the regime forces on Mdira town, and the number of the wounded has increased to about 202 wounded at least including tens of children and citizen women, some of them are still in serious situation, which may raise the death toll.