Regime forces shell Harasta by about 60 rocket and artillery shells and warplanes raid the city

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Harasta city witnessed extensive shelling by the regime forces, where the city witnessed successive round of shells, reached about 60 artillery and rocket shells landed on areas in Harasta city, followed by shelling an explosive hose launched by the regime forces at the outskirts of Harasta city, which caused explosions that shook the city, while the warplanes targeted areas at the outskirts of Harasta city in conjunction with the increase of numbers of missiles believed to be ground-to-ground, which were launched on Harasta city to 50 missiles since this morning.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published during the past few hours that the regime forces re-escalated the shelling in the Eastern Ghouta after a state of calm prevailed the area since today Friday morning, the 5th of January 2018, which is the 8th day of the factions’ attack and escalation in the Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the regime forces targeting Harasta city by more than 42 missiles believed to be ground-to-ground, in conjunction with launching more than 50 artillery and rocket shells on Harasta city and its vicinity, which caused material damage and more destruction in the infrastructure, no information about casualties, amid the flight of two warplanes –whose identity was not known whether they were Russians or if they belong to the regime–, one of which carried out two raids on areas Mesraba town which is controlled by Jaysh al-Islam, injuring 13 people at least, in conjunction with airstrikes targeted areas in Hamuriya and Madyara, and information about injuries as a result of the aerial bombardment, while warplanes bombed areas in Harasta city in conjunction with carrying out 3 raids on areas in Arbin city, which injured 8 citizens.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published today morning, Friday, that the the clashes of the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus completed their first week with resulted changed the map of distributing the influences inside the Eastern Ghouta, and the regime forces imposing a siege on the Eastern Ghouta for years, are now besieged inside the buildings of the Vehicle Department near Harasta city, which pushed the regime forces to mobilize and bring military reinforcements of the Republican Guard Forces and special forces of the fourth battalion, followed by violent attack to get the situation back as it was before the 29th of December 2017, which requires lifting the siege imposed on the Vehicle Department and restoring Al-Ajami area as well as all the positions and buildings which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham and Al-Rahman Corps advanced into during the last week, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored in the morning of the 8th day of the attack, a calm prevailing the Eastern Ghouta fronts except sporadic clashes, targeting and limited shelling on areas in it.