(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 5 civilians killed on Sunday as regime forces stepped up aerial and ground bombing on the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs, local activists said.
The bombardment of the rebel-held eastern enclave of Damascus continued since Saturday after collapse of 2-hour-long ceasefire.
A woman and a child boy were among the casualties of the airstrikes on Douma city, the Civil Defense rescuing group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Sunday there was intense fighting accompanied by large blasts, heavy shelling and air raids after an attack by extremist rebels. It said the Syrian army of President Bashar Assad had fired dozens of rockets and shells into Eastern Ghouta since the cease-fire was reported to have begun.
A military media unit run by Assad's ally Hezbollah said the Syrian army had repulsed an attack by extremist rebels in eastern Ghouta, detonating an insurgent car bomb. It had then responded to the assault with shelling and air strikes, it said.
A resident of Damascus said bombardment could be heard coming from eastern Ghouta on Sunday morning and smoke was visible.
The enclave is home to almost 400,000 people and is in an agreed "de-escalation zone" under Russian-led truce deals for rebel-held territory, but the fighting there has continued.
Zaman Al Wasl
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