Baladi News – (Malek al-Hirik)
For 4 years in a row, Assad's regime forces have imposed a tight blockade on the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus. Despite the international deals concluded, most recently the de-escalation agreement signed in Cairo, which provides for entering aid and opening roads and trade crossings, these deals have failed to lift the siege on civilians.
"Check if the road has been opened," is what Abu Hasan Hammas, the head of a family living in Ghouta, says to his son everyday awaiting the opening of the road or the entry of aid convoys or even goods to reduce the high prices.
"The situation in Ghouta is unbearable," Hammas complained, saying that living costs 5,000 Syrian pounds a day in the absence of jobs.
On the other hand, Om Fares, waits for opening the crossings to take her 70 years old husband out in order to receive treatment in the capital's hospitals after discovering a cancerous mass in his weak body.
It is noteworthy that an agreement was concluded in Cairo a few days ago providing for the development of a de-escalation mechanism in the Eastern Ghouta and the deployment of the Russian Military Police at al-Wafideen crossing after opening it. However, neither Russia nor the regime committed to the agreement.