Syria Daily: Mass Killing Continues as Pro-Assad Forces Try to Split East Ghouta

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By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – 8 March 2018 – The mass killing of civilians in East Ghouta, near Syria’s capital Damascus, continued on Wednesday as pro-Assad forces try to split the remaining opposition territory.

Activists, including the Syrian Network for Human Rights, said at least 62 people were slain as bombing across East Ghouta tried to enable further ground advances or force surrenders. Pro-Assad outlets said another 700 troops have been moved to the front. The activists estimate that at least 867 civilians have perished since February 1, with thousands more wounded and thousands driven from their homes in the area of more than 350,000 people.However, after days of talks, the town of Misraba has still not capitulated, and the regime and Russia renewed bombing of Hamouriya, indicating that a proposed agreement had fallen through.

“The factions of Ghouta and their fighters and its people are holding onto their land and will defend it,” Hamza Birqdar of the rebel faction Jaish al-Islam said.

Enabled by the Russian as well as regime bombardment that has devastated East Ghouta, pro-Assad forces have taken more than one-third of the area, including much of the farmland and some towns and villages.

The UN Security Council called again on Wednesday for its February 24 resolution for 30-day ceasefire to be implemented, but there was no sign that Russia would agree to end the attacks and the five-year siege.

Moscow has announced a token five-hour daily “humanitarian pause” and a non-existent “evacuation corridor” to cover the pro-Assad assault. A UN aid convoy reached Douma on Monday, but had 70% of its medical supplies stripped by regime forces and then could only deliver half of its food because of pro-Assad shelling.

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