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As ISIS has now been tied down, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad got back to his routine of bombing rebel strongholds. The international community has been warning him for days not to resort to chemical weapons against the town of Ghouta, but today the Syrian regime didn’t even need to do that.

They just bombed them to shreds. The images are terrible.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Death, destruction and despair.<br><br>The people of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ghouta?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ghouta</a> are once again being attacked by the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Assad?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Assad</a> regime. The so manieth of countless massacres in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Syria?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Syria</a> which is being perpetrated in from of the world. <a href="https://t.co/iSUr7wk4lx">pic.twitter.com/iSUr7wk4lx</a></p>— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasVLinge/status/965615669336264704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Warplanes have been pounding the city all day long, with the Red Crescent organization counting at least 100 dead already, of whom 20 are children.

The Syrian regime is bound to pounce down with an iron fist before rebel groups can regroup and while the US seems occupied getting entangled into the web in the north of Syria, where Turkey is fighting the YPG Kurdish forces.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Horrific photos taken yest. in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ghouta?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ghouta</a> by the brave <a href="https://twitter.com/badramamet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@badramamet</a> We reported for months like this on Aleppo. During that time hundreds of civilians were killed. How completely agonising & heartbreaking the same is unfolding in Ghouta <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wecantssaywedidtnknow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wecantssaywedidtnknow</a> <a href="https://t.co/gzIp60lWT4">https://t.co/gzIp60lWT4</a> <a href="https://t.co/z8eMeN2BMm">pic.twitter.com/z8eMeN2BMm</a></p>— Sophie McNeill (@Sophiemcneill) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sophiemcneill/status/965791004178767873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2018</a></blockquote>

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For the many children in the city, Monday marked one of the deadliest days for the district since it came under siege in 2013.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Direct hit on the civilians by Assad regime on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ghouta?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ghouta</a>, this is the double tab strategy on the civilians and the <a href="https://twitter.com/SyriaCivilDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SyriaCivilDef</a> volunteers while they are helping the injured people. <a href="https://t.co/pNidT6oTh6">pic.twitter.com/pNidT6oTh6</a></p>— Asaad Hanna (@AsaadHannaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/AsaadHannaa/status/965884265757073408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2018</a></blockquote>

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The eastern town of Ghouta is the last major opposition enclave near the capital Damascus that the Syrian regime needs to win back. The burnt-out buildings are completely surrounded by areas under government control.

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https://twitter.com/Sophiemcneill/status/965791004178767873