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East Ghouta militants attack 300 families fleeing East Ghouta
[ALMASDARNEWS] The murderous Moslems in the East Ghouta region attacked a large civilian convoy that was attempting to reach the humanitarian corridor near the city of Douma, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported this afternoon.According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the East Ghouta murderous Moslems attacked a civilian convoy consisting of 300 families from several nearby towns. The Russian Ministry of Defense added that at least three cars were destroyed as a result of this Death Eater attack in the East Ghouta. No casualties have been reported. Red Cross postpones aid convoy to war-battered Damascus suburb [IsraelTimes] A second convoy with desperately needed aid for the besieged rebel-held eastern suburbs of Damascus is postponed on Thursday because of violence and a rapidly evolving situation on the ground, the International Committee of the Red Thingy says. The postponement comes as Syrian government forces intensify their offensive on the area, known as eastern Ghouta, under the cover of  s.The government forces seized more than half of the area, including a stretch of farmland on Wednesday, effectively dividing the besieged enclave in two and further squeezing the rebels and tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside, state media and a war monitor report. The most densely populated areas in eastern Ghouta are still under rebel control, including the towns of Douma, Harasta, Kfar Batna, Saqba and Hammouriyeh. Fighting in Eastern Ghouta drives out 50,000 civilians: UN [AlAhram] The fighting in Syria's besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta has reportedly driven all civilians out of the towns of Mesraba, Hammouriyeh and Mudeira, which had a combined population of 50,000 in December, a U.N. official said on Thursday. The civilians were displaced to other areas not under government control, adding to the 15,000 or so people that the U.N. estimated were displaced within eastern Ghouta at the end of January, humanitarian spokeswoman Linda Tom said. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-09 |
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