Massive displacement of hundreds of families after killing and injuring more than 4200 citizens and anticipation for the entry of relief aid in the light of tragic humanitarian situation

The UNSC resolution issued on the 24th of February 2018, was not enough to stop the killing carried out against the citizens of the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, and Putin’s “humanitarian” truce which is limited for 5 hours daily, failed to stop the bloodshed, as Al-Assad’s regime and its allies did not preserve their killing machine to cause further destruction and killing in the besieged Eastern Ghouta, which is only about 110 square km of the area of Rif Dimashq province, before the regime forces managed to advance in it, and the aerial, ground, artillery and rocket shelling resulted in the death of more citizens, and the massacres and shelling which started on the 18th of February 2018, have continued, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 659 persons of the citizens of the Eastern Ghouta, including 154 children and 94 women, who have been killed by the aerial, rocket and artillery shelling on the cities and towns of Douma, Harasta, Arbin, Zamalka, Hamouriyah, Jesrin, Kafr Batna, Hazza, Ash’ari, Nashabiyah, Aftries, Otaya, Al-Shifonyyah, Al-Marj area, Mesraba, Madyara, Beit Sawa, and other areas in the besieged Ghouta of Damascus, and the shelling during this period which completed 2 weeks since it started, resulted in the injury of more than 3600 citizens including hundreds of children and citizen women with varying severity, some of them have permanent disabilities, while the bodies of tens of citizens are still under the rubble of destruction caused by the aerial, rocket and artillery shelling by the regime forces on the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus.

And the total death toll documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, includes 127 casualties including 27 children and 18 women who were killed and documented by the SOHR after the resolution of the UNSC, which failed again to stop the killing of the people of the Eastern Ghouta, and the shelling resulted in the fall of hundreds of wounded, where the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries, amid the tragic humanitarian situation of the people of Ghouta, who intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that they do not leave the shelters for fear of the intensive shelling, amid inability of the medical staff to relieve all medical cases, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the bombardment of the warplanes and helicopters as well as the intensive shelling on the Eastern Ghouta, resulted in getting 10 hospitals and medical points out of service as a result of their targeting in Saqba, Douma, Beit Sawa, Jesrin, Arbin and other areas in the Eastern Ghouta, to decrease the ability of medical capacity even more, and crowd the places with the wounded who flock as a result of heavy and ongoing shelling by the regime forces, led by the Brigadier Suhail Al-Hassan.

And with this poor and tragic humanitarian situation, and in conjunction with the continuation of the military operations and the attack of the regime forces on Al-Marj area in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, the area witnessed displacement of hundreds of families from Nashabiyah, Hazrma, Otaya, Beit Sawa Farms, Ash’ari Farms, Mesraba Farms, towards areas away from the combat operations, between Jaysh Al-Islam against the regime forces and their allies, while the destiny of some families who contact was lost with them during displacement from the area, is still unknown, while there is anticipation for the entry of humanitarian and alimentary aid to the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, according to the details of the truce, where aid is expected to be entered the besieged Ghouta during the next few hours.