Six children among 10 killed in shelling near Damascus

BEIRUT: Shelling by the Syrian regime on the rebel-held area of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus yesterday killed at least 10 civilians, among them six children, a monitor said, reports AFP.

The deaths were the result of the latest bout in an escalating cycle of tit-for-tat attacks between regime forces and the rebels holding the enclave on the Syrian capital’s eastern outskirts.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a total of 43 civilians have been killed in the process, most of them in Eastern Ghouta, which has been besieged since 2013 and where humanitarian conditions are dire.

Seven people, including five children, were killed in regime shelling and air strikes in Douma, the main town in the Eastern Ghouta area, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Elsewhere in Eastern Ghouta, another child was killed in Harasta, he said, adding that two members of the White Helmets rescue organisation were also among Friday’s victims.

 

Six children among 10 killed in shelling near Damascus

BEIRUT: Shelling by the Syrian regime on the rebel-held area of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus yesterday killed at least 10 civilians, among them six children, a monitor said, reports AFP. The deaths were the result of the latest bout in an escalating cycle of tit-for-tat attacks between regime forces and the rebels holding the enclave on the Syrian capitals eastern outskirts. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a total of 43 civilians have been killed in the process, most of them in Eastern Ghouta, which has been besieged since 2013 and where humanitarian conditions are dire. Seven people, including five children, were killed in regime shelling and air strikes in Douma, the main town in the Eastern Ghouta area, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. Elsewhere in Eastern Ghouta, another child was killed in Harasta, he said, adding that two members of the White Helmets rescue organisation were also among Fridays victims.