(Zaman Al Wasl TV)- Abu Nazmi, a Turkish old man, has been trapped with about 600,000 people in Eastern Ghouta suburbs where no hope their agony may reach an end after seven years of siege.
Fawzi Suzar, who spent 25 years of his 83 in shoes making in the embattled district of Damascus, has one wish: to die in his his hometown in Hatay.
Assad regime agreed Tuesday to a ceasefire in opposition-held Eastern Ghouta, following days of heavy bombardment, the United Nations envoy to the war-ravaged country said.
Eastern Ghouta is one of the last remaining opposition strongholds in Syria, and is part of one of four so-called "de-escalation zones" in place across the country to reduce violence.
It has been under siege since 2013 but in recent weeks violence has increased considerably, with deadly regime airstrikes and artillery fire across the region, and opposition fire from the area into the capital.
Médecins Sans Frontières, the international medical humanitarian organization, said on Monday hundreds of people had been wounded in intense bombing and shelling of the Eastern Ghouta in the last two weeks.
It said five MSF-supported field hospitals in East Ghouta had treated 576 wounded patients and recorded 69 deaths, with a quarter of the wounded women or children under the age of 15.
In a statement, MSF said its figures did not account for the total numbers killed in the area as there are other medical facilities it does not support regularly.
Zaman A Wasl
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