Government Airstrikes Hit East Damascus leaving Hundreds of Casualties
Category: Conflict
Severity: 5 (Extreme)
Source: Drum Cussac
02/20/2018 (Syria) - According to international media sources on Tuesday, 20 February, the Syrian government has carried out a string of airstrikes in the rebel-held suburbs east of Damascus. Reports indicate that hundreds of civilians have been killed in the strikes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has stated that these airstrikes are the deadliest in the area in the last three years.
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