Clashes continue in the Eastern Ghouta after achieving more advancement by the regime forces and their allies led by Russian consultants

Clashes continues at a violent pace between the regime forces supported by their loyal gunmen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities and led by Russian advisors and officers, against fighters of Rahman Corps and Jaysh al-Islam in areas in the Eastern Ghouta, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the clashes are concentrated in areas at the outskirts of Ashari town and the farms of, Beit Sawa, Mesraba and al-Rihan and other areas south of the factions’ controlled areas in the Eastern Ghouta, in an attempt by the regime forces to advance and control more areas, after they were able to control about 40% of the areas of the factions’ controlled areas in the Eastern Ghouta, and the clashes are accompanied by targeting and intense shelling by the regime forces.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Monday morning that the clashes are concentrated on the contact lines between the both parties stretched from the western outskirts of Muhammedia town and the outskirts of Hosh Qubayat and the western outskirts of Al-Ash’ari town reaching to the farms of Beit Sawa, Mesraba, Douma and Al-Rihan, in an attempt by the regime forces under the command of Russian advisers and with the participation of Russian forces, to advance and control more areas, and reach the Vehicle Department to divide the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus into 2 sections, the first is northern one and includes the towns of Douma and Harasta and Al-Rihan farms, while the other on is northern and includes the towns and the cities of Arbin, Zamalka, Hamouriyah, Saqba, Hazza, Kafr Batna, Ein Tarma, Muhammedia and Aftries, after the regime forces managed since they started their attack on the 25th of February 2018, to take the control of Nashabiyah, Hazrama, Hosh Al-Dawahra, Hosh Al-Zriqiyyeh, Tallat Farzat, Al-Shifonyyah, parts of Al-Rihan farms and the Air Defense Regiment and the Regiment 274, reaching Beit Sawa Farms and Al-Ash’ari Farms and reaching the eastern outskirts of Hosh Qubayat and Muhammedia in the eastern and the south-eastern countryside of the besieged Ghouta of Damascus.