(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hundreds of people have fled al-Qaboun neighborhood, northeast Damascus on Sunday as aerial and ground bombardment killed and wounded dozens of civilians in the past three days, local activists said Sunday.
17 people, including two women were killed on Saturday in al-Qaboun when the regime army rocked a funeral with seven surface-to-surface missiles, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
As mourners paid tribute to the four dead people, regime forces shelled the area again, killing 13 other people, according to Andadolu agency.
The shelling is part of a regime policy to pile pressure on opposition-held areas in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta.
The shelling came despite a ceasefire deal brokered by Turkey and Russia that went into effect on December 30 throughout war-torn Syria.
Meanwhile, Syrian National Coalition President Anas al-Abdah said the Syrian opposition is fully committed to peace talks in Geneva on Feb. 23, a senior official said on Sunday, adding the talks would need to pave the way for a political transition.
"We are fully committed for the Geneva talks," al-Abdah told delegates at the Munich Security Conference. "We cannot address the profound security threats ... while Assad remains in power," he said.
Brett McGurk, the United States' envoy to the coalition against ISIS, said the new U.S. administration was still reviewing its Syria position, but that it was seeking a role to reinforce Russian and Turkish efforts to cement a ceasefire in the country.
At least 470,000 people have been killed since the revolution erupted in March 2011, according to the Syrian Center for Policy Research, a Beirut-based NGO. (With agencies)
17 people, including two women were killed on Saturday in al-Qaboun when the regime army rocked a funeral with seven surface-to-surface missiles, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
As mourners paid tribute to the four dead people, regime forces shelled the area again, killing 13 other people, according to Andadolu agency.
The shelling is part of a regime policy to pile pressure on opposition-held areas in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta.
The shelling came despite a ceasefire deal brokered by Turkey and Russia that went into effect on December 30 throughout war-torn Syria.
Meanwhile, Syrian National Coalition President Anas al-Abdah said the Syrian opposition is fully committed to peace talks in Geneva on Feb. 23, a senior official said on Sunday, adding the talks would need to pave the way for a political transition.
"We are fully committed for the Geneva talks," al-Abdah told delegates at the Munich Security Conference. "We cannot address the profound security threats ... while Assad remains in power," he said.
Brett McGurk, the United States' envoy to the coalition against ISIS, said the new U.S. administration was still reviewing its Syria position, but that it was seeking a role to reinforce Russian and Turkish efforts to cement a ceasefire in the country.
At least 470,000 people have been killed since the revolution erupted in March 2011, according to the Syrian Center for Policy Research, a Beirut-based NGO. (With agencies)
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