Up to 871 civilians were killed, including 179 children, in Eastern Ghouta since Bashar al-Assad's regime escalated its attacks against the enclave, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said in a report released on Sunday.



The report stressed that resolution 2401 of United Nations Security Council (UNSC), adopted on February 24, 2018, failed to stop any type of violations, many of which constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, and even chemical weapons were used. Tens of thousands of people have been forcibly displaced from the towns and cities of Eastern Ghouta after they were erased almost completely.



The report pointed out that the Syrian-Iranian alliance forces on the ground managed to take over 80 percent of the besieged Eastern Ghouta in three weeks after the UNSC resolution was passed as a result of the heavy bombardment on the towns and cities of Eastern Ghouta.



Heavy displacement waves took place to the areas that are still under the control of the armed opposition which are increasingly shrinking.