DOUMA: The Syrian military persisted its offensive towards rebel-held Eastern Ghouta on Saturday, an afternoon after an support convoy delivered food to the hunger-stricken residents of the enclave regardless of heavy bombardment.
Nearly 950 civilians have been killed since Russia-backed government forces introduced a blistering assault on the remaining opposition bastion close to Damascus on February 18.
Eastern Ghouta's 400,000 population have lived underneath government siege since 2013 and the enclave, more than part of which has over the past three weeks been retaken by way of regime forces, is house to a myriad of armed teams.
Apart from Islamist teams reminiscent of Jaish al-Islam, jihadists from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), who're mostly connected to Al-Qaeda, also are deployed there.
Syrian state tv aired photos of a single bus sporting 13 "fighters" and members of the family out of the enclave thru Al-Wafideen checkpoint, with out giving their association.
Some seemed to be young, while others wore hoodies to hide their heads and faces.
The restricted operation came because the tough Jaish al-Islam mentioned HTS warring parties can be evacuated to the northern province of Idlib, in an arrangement struck following consultations with the United Nations and different international avid gamers.
"It has been agreed that the first group of HTS members be released from the prisons of Jaish al-Islam ... (and) moved to Idlib at their request," Jaish al-Islam mentioned.
HTS is the principle pressure in Idlib, in Syria's northwest and the remaining province out of doors regime keep an eye on.
Civilians persisted to bear the brunt of the violence on Friday with at least six killed in air moves on the area of Jisreen, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights conflict track mentioned.
Thirteen vans loaded with 2,400 food parcels, meanwhile, crossed into Eastern Ghouta, the International Committee of the Red Cross mentioned, coming into what UN leader Antonio Guterres has known as "hell on earth".
But "shelling" close to the enclave's main the city of Douma threatened "to put at risk" the joint ICRC, Syrian Arab Red Crescent and United Nations convoy, mentioned the UN humanitarian coordinator in Syria, Ali al-Zaatari.
The support was once delivered as helicopters hovered overhead and warplanes focused spaces out of doors Douma, a correspondent mentioned.
The World Health Organization mentioned it has verified 67 hits on scientific amenities in Syria thru January and February, nearly part of them in Eastern Ghouta.
The amenities hit incorporated 20 hospitals, 16 well being amenities, two ambulance stations and one scientific supply warehouse.
Doctors and nurses within the enclave have run out of a number of life-saving pieces, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which reported a "terrible medical catastrophe."
"Medical material is extremely limited, medical infrastructure has been hit and medical staff are exhausted," it mentioned, adding that hundreds of folks have been wounded and wish pressing assistance.
Nearly 950 civilians have been killed since Russia-backed government forces introduced a blistering assault on the remaining opposition bastion close to Damascus on February 18.
Eastern Ghouta's 400,000 population have lived underneath government siege since 2013 and the enclave, more than part of which has over the past three weeks been retaken by way of regime forces, is house to a myriad of armed teams.
Apart from Islamist teams reminiscent of Jaish al-Islam, jihadists from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), who're mostly connected to Al-Qaeda, also are deployed there.
Syrian state tv aired photos of a single bus sporting 13 "fighters" and members of the family out of the enclave thru Al-Wafideen checkpoint, with out giving their association.
Some seemed to be young, while others wore hoodies to hide their heads and faces.
The restricted operation came because the tough Jaish al-Islam mentioned HTS warring parties can be evacuated to the northern province of Idlib, in an arrangement struck following consultations with the United Nations and different international avid gamers.
"It has been agreed that the first group of HTS members be released from the prisons of Jaish al-Islam ... (and) moved to Idlib at their request," Jaish al-Islam mentioned.
HTS is the principle pressure in Idlib, in Syria's northwest and the remaining province out of doors regime keep an eye on.
Civilians persisted to bear the brunt of the violence on Friday with at least six killed in air moves on the area of Jisreen, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights conflict track mentioned.
Thirteen vans loaded with 2,400 food parcels, meanwhile, crossed into Eastern Ghouta, the International Committee of the Red Cross mentioned, coming into what UN leader Antonio Guterres has known as "hell on earth".
But "shelling" close to the enclave's main the city of Douma threatened "to put at risk" the joint ICRC, Syrian Arab Red Crescent and United Nations convoy, mentioned the UN humanitarian coordinator in Syria, Ali al-Zaatari.
The support was once delivered as helicopters hovered overhead and warplanes focused spaces out of doors Douma, a correspondent mentioned.
The World Health Organization mentioned it has verified 67 hits on scientific amenities in Syria thru January and February, nearly part of them in Eastern Ghouta.
The amenities hit incorporated 20 hospitals, 16 well being amenities, two ambulance stations and one scientific supply warehouse.
Doctors and nurses within the enclave have run out of a number of life-saving pieces, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which reported a "terrible medical catastrophe."
"Medical material is extremely limited, medical infrastructure has been hit and medical staff are exhausted," it mentioned, adding that hundreds of folks have been wounded and wish pressing assistance.
Food arrives in Syria's battered Eastern Ghouta
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