Viewers Corner News correspondent learned that about twenty three people including four children were killed and more than eighty others injured on Monday, February 5, 2018 as Syrian government’s air strikes struck rebel-held eastern Ghouta district near Damascus. According to the report, the President Bashar al-Assad led government’s army, backed by Russian air power and Shi’ite Muslim militias besieged eastern Ghouta, the largest remaining rebel bastion near Damascus and the warplanes hit Zamalka, Arbaeen, Hazza and Beitu Sousa towns. In the town of Beitu Sousa, the strike killed nine civilians including two children. Another six civilians including a young girl also lost their lives in the town of Hazzeh. Eastern Ghouta in Syria is a home to about 400,000 people living under President Bashar al-Assad led government siege. Since March 2011 that the Syrian war started, over 340,000 people have lost their lives and millions displaced.
Source: Viewers Corner News.