Friday 24 June 2016
Baladi News – Damascus Countryside (Tarek Khawwam)
In two airstrikes against the civil defence center, three civilians were wounded on Friday in Hzarma in al-Marj of Damascus eastern countryside, where as two other strikes were conducted on al-Nashabiyya in the same area.
In the western countryside of Damascus, helicopters dropped 10 barrel bombs on Darayya and others on Khan al-Sheih , but no casualties were reported.
It is noteworthy that the Assad’s regime intensified its artillery and air shelling against al-Marj sector located in the southern side of the eastern Ghouta in order to support its forces to gain control over the area that is considered the breadbasket of the Ghouta. The escalation also covered Darayya, whose share of barrel bombs increased after the rebels succeeded in breaking the blockade on their city a few days ago.