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338 people killed in 3-week-old offensive on eastern suburbs of Damascus: Report

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 338 people, including 69 children and 47 women, have been killed in three-week-old offensive on Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the Syrian capital, local monitoring group said in report issued Wednesday.

The central department of statistics and documentation in the unified relief office in Embattled Ghouta district said 1602 people were also wounded and 1067 houses were destroyed.

252 of the victims were from Douma city, 10 km (7 miles) northeast Damascus. 820 houses have been destroyed in the rebel-held city, the center said.

Syrian regime troops and fighters from Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah backed by Russian air strikes launched on Oct.29 a major offensive against eastern and western suburbs of Damascus.

Since 2011, four million Syrians have fled abroad. Millions more have been internally displaced, while at least 250,000 have been killed.

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