On Tuesday, rebels from Eastern Ghouta fired mortars into the Syrian capital city of Damacus, killing at least 27 civilians and wounding nearly 60 others. The strike was reported in a single sentence article in Reuters, quoting a Russian news agency.
More details were offered in Iran’s state-run PressTV, however. They reported indiscriminate mortar and rocket fire against the capital, hitting multiple different sites across the area, and causing a number of casualties.
Though it was not reported, the fire presumably is coming out of Douma, which is the last rebel-held territory in Eastern Ghouta. The Syrian military also reported that the rebels are using “human shields” to prevent military advances.
Eastern Ghouta has been a major focus of the Syrian military because of its proximity to Damascus, which has allowed them both to launch strikes against the capital, and at times to infiltrate districts with small numbers of fighters to cause chaos. Roughly 90% of Ghouta is now under military control.
Why are the Russians and the Syrian army busing rebels out of Gouta? Just bomb them to smithereens and get it over with. You cannot trust these people and their American backers.
Because those that are being forced out are being sent to Idlib where they can murder each other or go off to their godfather in Turkey. It makes things easier than blasting every city to bedrock. And Idlibistan is living on borrowed time.
Russia knows that they will end up in France England or Michigan. They know are refugees they will destroy their new home. It is amazing watching the stupidity of our foreign policy
To reduce the number of civilian casualties. The rebels don’t let civilians leave, to use them as human shields. Just like the Bosnian government forces in Sarajevo in the 1990’s.
And just like every government that sticks daycare centers in government buildings.
Today on Fox news they had a woman from the state department almost with tears of the Syrian government killing their own people. I was wonder what planet she lives on not to understand that the “rebels” are being paid by our state department and the USA is providing the weapons which are killing so many. We are as big of a problem as anyone else
White hats are probably around committing crimes among the mayhem. This group and the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, need to be dispersed. They have done nothing but clouded the information coming out and sided with Daesh and the western based terror groups.