In the first day of the 3rd month of escalation… the targeting to the districts of the capital Damascus renews by several shells

Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the violent clashes continued until this morning between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the fighters of Al-Rahman Corps, in areas in the vicinity of the governorate building and other areas in the outskirts and the vicinity of Arbin city, and the clashes were accompanied by exchange of targeting between the both parties, and no information about casualties was reported.

Also explosions were heard east of the capital Damascus, caused by the fall of shells which targeted areas in Al-Assad District, controlled by the regime forces near Harasta city, which caused material damage, without information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the escalation of targeting the capital Damascus and its districts completed its second consecutive month, this ongoing and daily escalation on the controlled areas on the regime forces inside the capital Damascus and its outskirts as well as the districts controlled by the regime forces, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that this escalation started on the 16th of November 2017, and resulted in the death and the injury of hundreds of persons, as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 51 persons at least including 2 children and 4 citizen women, who were killed as a result of the fall of these shells, and the SOHR documented the injury of more than 316 persons who were injured in these daily targeting during 2 consecutive months, including tens of children and citizen women, some of whom have seriously injured and have permanent disability, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored the continuation of the poor health condition of some of the injured people, which may raise the death toll, in which the shells have targeted since the 16th of November 2017, the areas of Al-Dawila, Al-Sawika, Al-Fahama Khalid bin al-Walid Street, and other areas in Old Damascus, as well as places in Al-Zablatany, Al-Qassaa, Bab Touma, Al-Mujtahed, al-Fayhaa, Al-Abasyeen, Al-Mayadeen, Seba’ Baharat, Aish Al-Warawar, Jermana, Dahyat Al-Assad, Military Teshereen Hospital and other places in the center of the capital, which caused material damage to the property of the citizens, buildings and shops in the places where these shells had fallen.