The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Tens of members and fighters killed and injured in the violent clashes in Al-Marj area in the Eastern Ghouta within the regime’s attempt to advance into it

7 citizens at least were killed in the airstrikes and artillery shelling on 4 cities and towns in the besieged Ghouta of Damascus

The aerial, rocket and artillery shelling is continuing, with the continuation of the death of more citizens, amid violent fighting witnessed in areas in the outskirts of the Eastern Ghouta, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of the violent clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Jaysh Al-Islam, in places in Al-Marj area, where the clashes are concentrated in the fronts of Hazrma, Zriqiyyeh and Hosh Al-Dawahira and other places in Al-Marj area in the south-east of the factions’ controlled areas in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, attempts and desperate efforts by the regime forces to achieve advancement in the area at the expense of Jaysh Al-Islam, which tries to repel the regime’s attack, which the clashes are accompanied by heavy targeted in the clash areas, and the ongoing clashes which have been continuing for more than 5 hours, and which raged today morning the 24th of February 2018, resulted in the fall of a large number of human losses in the ranks of the both parties, as tens members of the both parties were killed, injured and captured, where the SOHR documented the death of 19 members and fighters at least in the clashes between the both parties, and the SOHR also documented that Jaysh Al-Islam captured 2 members at least of the regime, while sporadic clashes took place between the regime forces against Ahrar Al-Sham Islamic movement in the outskirts of Harasta city, amid exchange of targeting.

In the same context, the warplanes bombed areas in Jobar neighborhood, targeting places in it by 2 raids, without information about casualties so far, while the shelling on the Eastern Ghouta is continuing where shelling by a shell targeted a house in Douma city, killing a woman and 2 of her children under the age of three, while it has increased to 2, the number of casualties who have been killed today in Saqba city, raising to 7 including 2 children and 2 citizen women, the number of people killed today in the aerial and artillery shelling on the Eastern Ghouta, and the casualties are: a woman and 2 of her children were killed in artillery shelling on Douma, 2 citizens were killed by bombardment by warplanes on Saqba city, a citizen was killed due to a raid on areas in Beit Sawa town, and a woman was killed due to artillery shelling by the regime forces on Hamouriyah city, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries, the regime forces also shelled areas in Arbin city by 3 shells, while the number of raids carried out by warplanes on Harasta city, has increased to 3, while the SOHR documented the death of a citizen affected by the injury he had as a result of earlier bombardment on areas in Madyara town in the Eastern Ghouta.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published last night, that the warplanes and helicopters of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and its Russian allies, as well as its artilleries and launchers have ended their first week of their vicious campaign on the besieged cities and towns of the eastern Ghouta, where it has increased to 519 citizens including 127 children and 75 women, the number of the civilian casualties who have been killed since Sunday evening the 18th of February 2018, and the casualties are: 41 citizens including 8 children under the age of eighteen, and 8 women were killed today by bombardment by warplanes on Harasta, Douma, Zamalka, Beit Sawa and Al-Shifonyyah, 43 citizens including 18 children and 4 women were killed on Friday, 73 citizens including 9 children and 8 citizen women who were killed on Thursday in bombardment by warplanes on areas in Mesraba and Aftries towns and Douma and Arbin cities, 85 citizens including 20 children and 12 women, were killed on Wednesday in bombardment by helicopters by explosive barrels on Kafr Batna town and airstrikes on Jesrin town and raids on Saqba, 133 citizens including 33 children and 17 women were killed on Tuesday, in the shelling on the areas of Nashabiyah, Otaya, Arbin, Zamalka Mesraba, Hamuriya, Saqba and Ash’ari, 127 citizens including 34 children and 23 women were killed on Monday, in the aerial and ground bombardment on Hamuriya, Beit Sawa and Saqba, Douma , Mesraba, Otaya, Nashabiyah, Zamalka, Aftries, KafrBatna, Al-Shifonyyah and Jesrin, 17 citizens including 5 children and 3 women were killed on the evening of Sunday, in aerial, missile and artillery bombardments on Saqba, Mesraba, Otaya and Ashari area, due to intensive aerial, artillery and rocket shelling by about 3940 raids, missiles, explosive barrels and shells, where the warplanes carried out about 629 airstrikes, while the regime’s helicopters dropped more than 232 explosive barrels, and the regime forces shelled the besieged Ghouta by more than 2065 missiles, in conjunction with shelling by about 1014 artillery shells.