The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Tens of shells targeting the Eastern Ghouta today claim the lives of 4 citizens and raises the death toll to 158 people within 16 days of heavy shelling

Rif Dimashq province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights :: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the regime forces renewed their shelling with artillery and missile shells on areas in the city of Douma, the stronghold of Jaysh Islam, causing the death of a woman citizen and injury of 4 other citizens with different severity, while the regime forces fired tens of missile shells at areas in the city of Arbin, which is controlled by Al-Rahman Corps, resulting in the death of a woman citizen and injuring 8 others with different severity, and thus it rose to 4, including a child and a woman citizen, the number of martyrs who were killed today due to artillery shelling on the cities of Douma and Arbin. Thus, the death toll has increased to 184 citizens including 52 children and 39 citizen women, of who were killed since the 29th of December 2017 as a result of targeting the Eastern Ghouta by hundreds of raids and hundreds of artillery and rocket strikes, and the casualties are 126 citizens including 40 children, 31 citizen women and a male nurse, they were killed in raids by the warplanes on areas in Harasta city controlled by the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham and raids on Madyara town as well as the cities of Saqba, Hamuriya, Douma and Arbin, and 58 citizens including 12 children and 8 citizen women and 2 male nurses were killed by artillery and rocket shelling targeted areas in Beit Sawa town, the cities of Harasta, Hamuriya, Douma and Arbin as well as the towns of Kafr Batna, Mesraba, Al-Nashabiyah and Otaya, and the aerial and artillery shelling left tens of casualties and wounded included a large number of children and citizen women, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries.

The Eastern Ghouta of Damascus has been witnessing violent and ongoing clashes between the regime forces backed by their allied militiamen against fighters of Jaysh Al-Islam and Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic Movement on areas in the gardens located between the cities of Douma and Harasta, amid heavy and ongoing shelling by the regime forces in order to advance in the area and control more areas after managing yesterday with their allied militiamen to control 3 farms in the area.