Saturday, 24 February 2018

Syria’s Eastern Ghouta Bombed Again Before U.N. Ceasefire Vote

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A new wave of bombs struck Syria’s eastern Ghouta district on Friday, witnesses said, ahead of a U.N. Security Council vote to demand a 30-day ceasefire to end one of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the seven-year-old civil war.

For a sixth straight day, warplanes flown by government forces and their allies pounded the densely populated enclave east of Damascus, the last rebel bastion near the capital.

The civilian casualties and devastation there are among the worst in Syria since the government captured rebel-held parts of Aleppo in intense fighting in 2016.


Source : huffingtonpost

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