In the first round of returning the shelling on the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus today…the regime forces kill and injure citizens in a town controlled by Al-Rahman Corps
Areas in the outskirts of Beit Nayem town and places in Hosh Al-Dawahra town in Al-Marj area controlled by Jaysh Al-Islam in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, were shelled, while the regime forces fired 8 artillery shells on the outskirts of Ein Tarma town controlled by Al-Rahman Corps, and places in Jobar neighborhood near the western section of the capital, followed by shelling by 4 shells on areas in Ein Tarma town, which killed a young man and injured two others, and a drone targeted areas in Jobar neighborhood, killing two fighters of Al-Rahman Corps and information about the injury of others.
This shelling came after calm prevailed the Eastern Ghouta since the midnight of Monday – Tuesday, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning, that the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus has been witnessing cautious calm prevailing for more than 12 hours, its cities and towns, and the battle fronts between the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham against the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of a full calm in the Eastern Ghouta after aerial and artillery shelling targeted areas in the Eastern Ghouta, as the Eastern Ghouta witnessed during the past 24 hours, artillery shelling by the regime forces on Ein Tarma controlled by Al-Rahman Corps by about 23 artillery and rocket shells, and the regime forces targeted areas in Al-Nashabiyah town in Al-Marj area controlled by Jaysh Al-Islam, while a drone shelled areas in Ein Tarma town by several bombs, which killed a citizen and injured 5 others.
And the SOHR also published that renewing the shelling on the Eastern Ghouta despite decreasing its pace yesterday, left human losses which raised in turn the death toll since the start of escalating the aerial and rocket shelling on the Eastern Ghouta on the 14th of November 2017, in which the death toll has increased to 194 casualties including 44 children under the age of eighteen, 21 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, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented on Monday the death of a citizen by bombardment on Ein Tarma town, while 27 citizens including 9 children and 3 citizen women were killed on Sunday they are: a man killed in artillery shelling on Harasta, and 26 citizens were killed by raids on Hamuriya, Arbin, Misraba and Beit Sawa, and it documented on Saturday the death of 11 citizens including 3 women, they are 9 citizens including 2 women were killed by raids on Arbin and Harasta cities, and a citizen woman and a man died affected by injuries they had as a result of earlier bombardment on Misraba, while the SOHR documented on Thursday the death of a citizen by shelling on Harasta city, and a man died in Mdira affected by the injury he had by bombardment by warplanes on areas in Mdira town, while two citizens were killed on Wednesday, one of them was killed by shelling on Arbin and the other died affected by the injury he had by earlier rocket shelling on Hazza, while 4 citizens including 2 children who were killed on Tuesday by raids on Hamuriya, while 18 citizens were killed yesterday, Monday including 2 children and a woman by bombardment by warplanes on areas in Mesraba, Madyara and Arbin as well as artillery shelling on Douma, and the Syrian Observatory also documented the death of 25 citizens on Sunday including 5 children and 3 citizen women by raids on Mesraba and Madyara, as well as rocket shelling on Douma, also 11 citizens including 5 children and a woman were killed on Thursday due to raids on areas in the cities and the towns of Harasta, Douma and Ein Tarma, raids on Arbin city, rocket shelling on Ein Tarma and Jesrin, affected by the injury they had by raids on Hazza and Mesraba, artillery shelling on Arbin city, while 3 children were killed on Wednesday by artillery shelling on Ein Tarma and Harasta city in the Eastern Ghouta, 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 Mesraba town, also 10 citizens including 4 children and 2 citizen women were killed on Monday, by artillery and rocket shelling on Arbin, Madyara, Hamuriya and Kafr Batna, while 17 citizens including a child were killed on Sunday, by artillery and rocket shelling on Douma, Mesraba, Madyara, Hamuriya, while on Saturday at least 14 were killed including a child girl and 4 women as a result of raids on Madyara 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 Madyara, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the injury of about 639 persons at least including tens of children and citizen women, some of them are still in serious situation, which may raise the death toll.