(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three people, including 2 children, were killed and dozen more wounded in renewed airstrikes on Douma, the key of town of the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs, Civil Defense agency said Thursday.
The White Helmets civil defense rescue force, which operates in rebel-held parts of Syria, has also said the regime forces have used chlorine gas during bombardment on Douma for the second time in ten days.3 civilians killed and many injured, including suffocation cases among children, women and #CivilDefense volunteers! 28 air raids, 70 surface-to-surface missiles, some loaded w/chlorine gas and 200+ artillery shells targeted cities in #Eastern_Ghouta today! #Doumasuffocating pic.twitter.com/yXuyWAcLMe
— The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) February 1, 2018
The White Helmets civil defense rescue force, which operates in rebel-held parts of Syria, said 13 civilians including women and children had been “injured after (the) Assad regime used Chlorine gas in Douma city in Eastern Ghouta”.
Douma is in the eastern Ghouta, a suburb east of Damascus where almost 400,000 people have been under siege by the Syrian government and allied militia since 2013. Eastern Ghouta is the last major rebel position close to the capital.
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