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A general view taken from a government-held area in Damascus shows smoke rising from the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the Syrian capital following fresh air strikes and rocket fire on February 27, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
February 28, 2018, 12:35 pm
Fresh violence mars first day of Syria enclave ‘truce’
Fledgling 'humanitarian pause' announced by Russia in rebel-held Ghouta rattled by renewed regime airstrikes and rocket fire
By Hasan Mohamed
A Syrian man wounded in air strikes receives treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta, on February 25, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / AMER ALMOHIBANY)
February 25, 2018, 11:30 pm
Strikes, clashes rock Syria’s Ghouta, despite ceasefire call
Regime forces continue ferocious assault on rebel enclave, ignoring Security Council resolution demanding 30-day humanitarian ceasefire
By Hasan Mohamed
A Syrian man on crutches walks down a street as smoke billows in the rebel-held town of Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, following airstrikes by regime forces on the area on February 23, 2018. (AFP/ HAMZA AL-AJWEH)
February 25, 2018, 11:10 am
Fresh regime strikes in Syria rebel enclave reported after ceasefire call
Residents of Eastern Ghouta doubt Security Council resolution will be implemented, while UN diplomats say it was 'watered down' to avoid Russia veto
By Hasan Mohamed
Smoke billows following a regime air strike on the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, late on February 23, 2018. (AFP/ Ammar SULEIMAN)
February 24, 2018, 4:47 pm
Death toll in Syria enclave tops 500 after UN delays truce vote
Syrian and Russian forces launch new airstrikes on besieged Eastern Ghouta, controlled by two Islamist factions and ex-Al-Qaeda affiliate
By Hasan Mohamed
A Syrian woman and children run for cover amid the rubble of buildings following government bombing in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. (AFP/Abdulmonam Eassa)
February 23, 2018, 9:29 pm
Strikes pound Syria’s Eastern Ghouta for 6th day as world fumbles for response
Assad regime kills 32 civilians in renewed attacks on rebel-held enclave while UN Security Council struggles to reach a truce
By Hasan Mohamed
Hala, 9, receives treatment at a makeshift hospital following Syrian government bombardments on rebel-held town of Saqba, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / AMER ALMOHIBANY)
February 22, 2018, 10:37 pm
Five-day assault on Syria enclave kills more than 400 civilians
Merkel decries 'massacre,' rights groups 'sickened' after indiscriminate bombing in Ghouta kills 95 children, targets hospitals, denies victims first aid
By Hasan Mohamed
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