With shocking figures of the shelling and its results…the operations of the Eastern Ghouta complete the 9th day…more than 1100 shells and missiles…about 300 raids…nearly 100 civilian casualties and more than 370 wounded
The calm that prevails the Eastern Ghouta does not last for long, as the regime forces violate it by renewing their shelling on its cities and towns, by the artillery and rocket shells and aerial raids, which killed and injured hundreds during consecutive 9 days of the successive shelling by hundreds of missiles, shells and raids, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored this morning the 23rd of November 2017, that the warplanes renewed to intensify their raids targeting areas in the Eastern Ghouta, in which the Syrian Observatory documented targeting Harasta city and Mdira town by 13 raids, which caused material damage, without information about casualties until now, while the warplanes targeted Douma city which is controlled by Jaysh Al-Islam and which is its stronghold, by a shell, which resulted in the death of a citizen and the injury of 5 others with varying degrees of severity, and the warplanes carried out 4 raids on areas in Zamlka city which is the stronghold of Al-Rahman Corps in Al-Ghouta, while they targeted areas in Kafr Batna town by 2 raids which resulted in the injury of 2 persons, in conjunction with 4 raids on areas in Arbin city, and the warplanes also carried out a raid on Hamouriyah city, which caused material damage, while a child girl was killed by bombardment by the warplanes on areas in Misraba town, and the body of a child girl was extracted from the ruins of the destruction caused by the bombardment on Arbin city 3 days ago, while the fighting front has been witnessing calm for about 24 hours, intervened by sporadic clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the fighters of the Islamic Movement of Ahrar Al-Sham, in the vicinity of the Vehicle Department and inside it near Harasta city.
And with the death of more citizens the death toll raises to 96 casualties at least including 23 children under the age of eighteen, 10 citizen women over the age of eighteen and 4 members of the Civil Defense, the number of people who have been killed since Tuesday the 14th of November 2017, where 3 citizens including a child boy and a child girl were killed today, as a citizen was killed in raids on areas in Douma city, while a child girl was killed by raids on Misraba, and a child boy died affected by the injury he had by artillery shelling on Arbin city 3 days ago, while 3 children were killed on Wednesday; they are two brother children- a boy and a girl, were killed by artillery shelling by the regime forces on areas in Ein Tarma, and a 10-day-old baby girl died in Harasta city in the Eastern Ghouta, affected by the injury she had as a result of shell by the regime forces on areas in the city, while 3 citizens including a woman died on Tuesday affected by the injury they had by artillery and rocket shelling previously on Arbin city and Misraba town, 10 citizens including 4 children and 2 citizen women were killed on Monday, by artillery and rocket shelling on Arbin, Mdira, Hamuriya and Kafr Batna, while 17 citizens including a child were killed on Sunday, by artillery and rocket shelling on Douma, Misraba, Mdira, Hamuriya, while on Saturday at least 14 were killed including a child girl and 4 women as a result of raids on Mdira and Harasta, and artillery shelling on Hazza and Hamuriya, while 20 citizens including 6 children and 2 citizen women were killed on Friday, as a result of artillery, aerial and rocket shelling on Douma, Harasta and Arbin, while 14 citizens including 4 children and women were killed on Thursday, due to raids and land shelling on Arbin, Beit Sawa, Douma, Hamuriya and Ein Tarma, and the casualties who were killed on Wednesday, are 8 citizens including two children they were killed by raids and artillery shelling Arbin, Saqba, Hamuriya and Douma, while the casualties who were killed on Tuesday are 4 citizens were killed by shelling on Arbin and Mdira, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the injury of about 371 persons at least including tens of children and citizen women, some of them are still in serious situation, which may raise the death toll.
The intensive shelling that completed its 9th consecutive day since the regime forces started it, hit the towns and the cities of Douma, Harasta, Zamlka, Mdira, Misraba, Saqba, Hamouriyah, Arbin, Ashari, Beit Sawa, Hazza and Kafr Batna, Beit Nayem, Ashari in which the SOHR has documented that the regime forces targeted Harasta city and Mdira town with the vicinity of the Vehicle Department by more than 803 artillery shells and missiles believed to be ground-to-ground, since last Tuesday the 14th of November 2017, and the SOHR has also documented that 171 raids at least targeted Harasta city and Mdira town since Tuesday, and the SOHR has documented 141 raids at least hit the cities of Douma, Arbin and Zamlka as well as other areas in the Eastern Ghouta in the same period, while the number of shells and missiles that are believed to be ground-to-ground,fired by the regime forces and fell on the cities and the towns of Ein Tarma, Douma, Misraba, Saqba, Hamouriyah, Arbin, Ashari Farms, Beit Sawa, Hazza and Kafr Batna, has increased to 311.
Also the violent clashes that were accompanied with intensive targeting and shelling on the clash area, caused large human losses in the ranks of the both parties, in which the SOHR documented the death and the injury of tens of fighters of the Islamic Movement, in which the number of casualties of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them who were killed in these clashes and the SOHR documented their death, has increased to 61 casualties at least including 13 officers including a general, while others were injured with varying degrees of severity.