26 casualties at least half of them are children and citizen women in 3 massacres in the Eastern Ghouta raise the number of those who were killed to more than 390 persons since the start of the escalation in late December 2017

Rif Dimashq Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the number of casualties are still increasing in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, as a result of the death of more citizens affected by the injury they had as a result of the bombardment by the warplanes today Wednesday the 7th of February 2018, where it has increased to 26 persons including 12 children and a citizen woman, the number of casualties who were killed due to the bombardment by the warplanes on the Eastern Ghouta, and the casualties are: 11 citizens including 6 children and a citizen woman who were killed in a massacre in Hamouriyah city carried out by warplanes, 10 citizens including 4 children who were killed in a massacre carried out by warplanes by targeting Beit Sawa town, and 5 citizens including 2 children who were killed in airstrikes on Douma city, while the bombardment renewed to target areas in Arbin city, which increased the number of wounded to about 10, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of about 65 injuries, some of them have seriously wounded.

And with the continuation of killing against the citizens besieged in the Eastern Ghouta, the death toll continues to increase, where it has increased to 393 citizens including 103 children and 69 citizen women, who have been 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 270 citizens including 82 children, 57 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, Hamouriyah, Douma and Arbin, and 120 citizens including 21 children and 12 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, Otaya and Jisrayn.