The shells target areas in New Aleppo and other places in Al-Assad District east of Damascus

Aleppo province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: explosions were heard in the city of Aleppo, caused by fall of shells near the area of Al-Barid in New Aleppo, causing material damage, and no information about casualties.

Explosions rocked the area of Al-Assad Distrcit which is controlled by the regime forces east of the capital, near the city of Harasta, resulted from targeting of shells, causing material damage, and no information about human losses.

The Syrian Observatory published a few days ago that the death toll has increased to 62 persons at least including 3 children and 8 citizen women, who were killed as a result of the fall of these shells, and were documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights since that this escalation started on the 16th of November 2017, while it has increased to 357 persons who were injured in these daily targeting during 71 consecutive days, 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.