(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro-Syrian regime activists on Tuesday reported death of elite forces commander in besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus.
Colonel Ibrahim Daberha, commander 402 Battalion, the commandos unit of Syrian Republican Guard, was killed in Harasta suburb as the offensive of regime forces and allied militias concentrated inside al-Murakabat Headquarters, a military installation in Harasta, where a regime force had been trapped last week.
Zaman al-Wasl local reporter said at least 18 regime troops including 4 officers were killed in the clashes of al-Murakabat base, the de-facto regime's military operation room for Ghouta offensive.
Eastern Ghouta is a densely populated pocket of towns and farms and the only major rebel stronghold near the capital Damascus. The military has steadily defeated pockets of armed rebellion in western Syria over the past year, with the help of Russian air power and Iranian-backed militias.
Although Eastern Ghouta is officially a “de-escalation zone” under Russian-led ceasefire deals for rebel territory, fighting there has continued. The population, including 130,000 children, is suffering the worst malnutrition seen in the almost seven-year war, the U.N. has said.
Residents and aid workers said the regime has tightened the siege in recent months in what they called a deliberate use of starvation as a weapon of war, a charge the government denies.
Zaman A Wasl
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