The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Regime forces and the Russian advance and make Jaysh al-Islam lose its last town in the enclave under its control and surround it in its stronghold in Douma city

The regime forces leave thousands of civilians out in the open in the Eastern Ghouta, after their displacement from the southwestern pocket of the Ghouta

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for human rights: the regime forces continue their advancement operations in the Eastern Ghouta, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the regime forces supported by their pro-gunmen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, led by Russian officers and advisors; advance in the area that is under the control of Jaysh Islam and control over al-Rihan town and its entire farms, and by that Jaysh al-Islam loses the last town it control in the Eastern Ghouta, and besiege Douma city completely , which is its main stronghold in the Eastern Ghouta, and these clashes came after an attack by the regime forces, ended by their control and approach to the outskirts of Douma, after controlling the farms of Al-Rihan and the town.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also learned that thousands of citizens are still out in the open in areas controlled by the regime forces in the Eastern Ghouta, where they were not transported by the regime forces so far to any area, and reliable sources suggested to the Syrian Observatory that the regime forces were not prepared to receive this number of displaced people, where total of about 20000 citizens have gotten out of the area that is under the control of Rahman Corps, including thousands of children and women, of who gotten out through Hamouriyah crossing to areas controlled by the regime forces in the Eastern Ghouta, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published at noon of today that members of Al-Rahman Corps withdrew from the area of the passage and retreated into Hamouriyah city, while other sources told the Syrian Observatory that Russia and the regime forces meant to choose this time, the 15th of March 2018, in the 7th anniversary of the Syrian revolution, to direct a massage that means “in the anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian revolution, the Syrians returned in the arms of the homeland”.