(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime airstrikes killed at least 65 people in Eastern suburbs of Damascus on Thursday, as regime airforce launch the fiercest Aerial campaign in months in retaliation to rocket attack of Islam Army rebel group, activists said.
According to activists, Bashar al-Assad’s airforces have carried out more than 60 strikes on the embattled suburbs of Douma, Saqba, Kafr Batna, Jobar and Erbin, leaving dozens killed and wounded with death toll topped 65.
Pro-Assad activists say the gruesome revenge of Eastern Ghouta suburbs is a response to 120-rocket attack by key Islamist group which killed 3 people and wounded 30 early Thursday.
A message on a Twitter account thought to belong to Islam Army's leader Zahran Alloush said the attack was a "taste" of what the Syrian military had done to Ghouta.
He described Damascus as a "military zone" in a statement earlier this week and said his group would respond to Syrian air force strikes on Ghouta.
Alloush demanded all Schools and University students besides diplomatic missions to avoid regime’s security headquarters, checkpoints and barracks.
The same group struck the capital with at least 100 rockets on Jan 25, killing 15 people, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said.
More than 220,000 people have been killed since the conflict in Syria erupted in March 2011.
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