At least 45 civilians killed in shelling in Syria
At least 45 civilians killed in shelling in Syria
December 13 2015At least 45 civilians were killed and dozens were injured on Sunday in
violent shelling of a rebel bastion surrounded near Damascus, said the
Syrian Observatory of Human Rights.According to this non-governmental organization, 'rockets' fired by
regime forces fell into the Duma locations, Harasta, Saqba and Arbin in
eastern Ghuta, a region under the control of the opposition.The director of OSDH, Rami Abdel Rahman, also took account of 'raids'
air about these locations, but it is not known to have been carried out
by Syrian or Russian aircraft devices.At least ten children and four women were among those killed, Rahman explained, adding that there are dozens of wounded."One of the airstrikes hit a spot near a school in Duma, killing the director," he added.Amid a cloud of dust, some men pulled the children from the rubble of
ruined buildings, according to a photographer from French news agency,
AFP, on site.Photos posted on the social network Facebook by a group of Duma
activists also show many children seriously injured to be rescued.A field hospital, doctors were preparing to operate a girl with serious injuries in the leg.According to Abdel Rahman, a rebel fighter was also killed by bombing today.Duma, rebel bastion in the eastern Ghuta, east of Damascus, is regularly the target of 'raids' of Syrian or Russian aviation. The rebels also fired from howitzers city on the Syrian capital,
bastion of the regime President Bashar al-Assad, which the West believes
that it has to relinquish power.In Damascus, three people, two of them children, were killed by mortars today, reported the official Syrian news agency Sana.Three more people were killed and many others were injured by mortar
fire on the outskirts of Damascus, controlled by government forces, said
Sana.In
November, negotiations began between rebel groups and the regime about a
possible truce in the Eastern Ghuta but were not successful.
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