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Wednesday 3 January 2018

Night Sky with Bad Moon and Tracer Fire over Eastern Ghouta (The pain doesn't stop)

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A picture of the aerial bombing of the town of Arbin today Where the smoke of death and the symbol of peace merge. EasternGhouta 2-1-2017 Ph: @ameralmohibany: image via Amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 2 January 2018


The Moon #EasternGhouta #Syria: image via Anas Altaan @AnasAltaan, 2 January 2018



Un casco blanco (white helmet) sale vivo, pero herido, de un ataque aéreo a las puertas de Damasco Photo #AFP @abdfree2: image via Agence France-Presse @AFPespanol, 2 January 2017


Yesterday was another suffering day for #EasternGhouta under the airstrikes: image via Asaad Hanna @AsaadHanna, 2 January 2018



 More striking pictures by Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2 in #Arbin, #EasternGhouta.: image via Anas Altaan @AnasAltaan, 2 January 2018



Civilians and members of the civil defence (known as the white helmets) load a wounded into a vehicle to be taken to a make-shift hospital following an air strike on the besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta on January 2, 2018 Photo by: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 2 January 2017

 

Yesterday was another suffering day for #EasternGhouta under the airstrikes: image via Asaad Hanna @AsaadHanna, 2 January 2018


A picture of the aerial bombing of the town of Arbin Where the smoke of death and the symbol of peace merge. #EasternGhouta 2-1-2017: image via Asaad Hanna @AsaadHanna, 2 January 2018
 
 
Fast sketch. Terrifying bombing by the #Assad regime of the city of #Harasta and the Arbeen in #Ghouta  @Ghouta_GMC: image via Marc Nelson @Marcnelsonart, 2 January 2018



 More striking pictures by Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2 in #Arbin, #EasternGhouta.: image via Anas Altaan @AnasAltaan, 2 January 2018




  #Arbin || Many grave injuries, including women and children by 12 airstrikes on the city in #EasternGhouta: image via Syria Civil Defence SCDrifdimashq, 2 January 2018
 


  #Arbin || Many grave injuries, including women and children by 12 airstrikes on the city in #EasternGhouta: image via Syria Civil Defence SCDrifdimashq, 2 January 2018
 

 More striking pictures by Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2 in #Arbin, #EasternGhouta.: image via Anas Altaan @AnasAltaan, 2 January 2018
 


Civilians and members of the civil defence (known as the white helmets) load a wounded into a vehicle to be taken to a make-shift hospital following an air strike on the besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta on January 2, 2018 Photo by: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 2 January 2017  



Civilians and members of the civil defence (known as the white helmets) load a wounded into a vehicle to be taken to a make-shift hospital following an air strike on the besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta on January 2, 2018 Photo by: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 2 January 2017  



 More striking pictures by Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2 in #Arbin, #EasternGhouta.: image via Anas Altaan @AnasAltaan, 2 January 2018



Smoke rises following an air strike on the besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta on January 2, 2018 Photo by: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 2 January 2017 


The #EasternGhouta is subjected to a hysterical bombing campaign by the regime's forces I ask everyone to be alert, to publish and to address all international parties #BreakGhoutaSiege: image via belal karpotly @belalkh, 2 January 2018
 

The last day of the Eastern Ghouta in 2017 Photo by @abdfree2 Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 31 December 2017 



SYRIA - A picture taken from a Syrian rebel-controlled area in the eastern Ghouta region shows bullets fired from the capital Damascus piercing the sky during New Year's eve celebrations early. @abdfree2 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 January 2017




 #Arbin || Many grave injuries, including women and children by 12 airstrikes on the city in #EasternGhouta: image via Syria Civil Defence SCDrifdimashq, 2 January 2018



Heavy shelling campaign against the towns of #EasternGhouta The number of martyrs is rising with airstrikes of total impunity. #CivilDefence teams in @SCDrifdimashq are responding rapidly to distress calls and urgently assisting the wounded.: image via The White Helmets @ SyriaCivilDef, 31 December 2017
 

Heavy shelling campaign against the towns of #EasternGhouta The number of martyrs is rising with airstrikes of total impunity. #CivilDefence teams in @SCDrifdimashq are responding rapidly to distress calls and urgently assisting the wounded.: image via The White Helmets @ SyriaCivilDef, 31 December 2017



Heavy shelling campaign against the towns of #EasternGhouta The number of martyrs is rising with airstrikes of total impunity. #CivilDefence teams in @SCDrifdimashq are responding rapidly to distress calls and urgently assisting the wounded.: image via The White Helmets @ SyriaCivilDef, 31 December 2017


Heavy shelling campaign against the towns of #EasternGhouta The number of martyrs is rising with airstrikes of total impunity. #CivilDefence teams in @SCDrifdimashq are responding rapidly to distress calls and urgently assisting the wounded.: image via The White Helmets @ SyriaCivilDef, 31 December 2017


Today, I Lost my Bro " Bashar " After a fierce Shelling targeted us in Khan Shaykhun By Syrian regime Airplanes. RIP Bashar, @ SyriaCivilDef.  Hero 26-12-2017: image via Hamid Kutini @SCDKutini, 26 December 2017

 
Happening now, only a few patients will be evacuated from
#Ghouta to face the unknown. The fate of the other besieged critical patients is still unknown.: image via Ahmad Yarakji, MD @tarakjiahmad, 26 December 2017


Karim now is in critical medical situation. His second eye needs immediate surgery and also for his skull and his tiny tired body. #HelpKarim and thousands of children in #Ghouta for medical evacuation #SolidarityWithKarim: image via Asaad Hanna @AsaadHanna, 25 December 2017   



Critically injured 2-year-old Syrian awaits treatment. Syrian baby Qasim Qahwaji, severely injured child in Eastern #Ghouta, was left #orphan after his mother died in airstrike by Assad regime #SolidarityWithKarim #BabyKarim: image via ANADOLU AGENCY #anadoluagency, 30 December 2017

 

Critically injured 2-year-old Syrian awaits treatment. Syrian baby Qasim Qahwaji, severely injured child in Eastern #Ghouta, was left #orphan after his mother died in airstrike by Assad regime #SolidarityWithKarim #BabyKarim: image via ANADOLU AGENCY #anadoluagency, 30 December 2017

 

Critically injured 2-year-old Syrian awaits treatment. Syrian baby Qasim Qahwaji, severely injured child in Eastern #Ghouta, was left #orphan after his mother died in airstrike by Assad regime #SolidarityWithKarim #BabyKarim: image via ANADOLU AGENCY #anadoluagency, 30 December 2017

 

Critically injured 2-year-old Syrian awaits treatment. Syrian baby Qasim Qahwaji, severely injured child in Eastern #Ghouta, was left #orphan after his mother died in airstrike by Assad regime #SolidarityWithKarim #BabyKarim: image via ANADOLU AGENCY #anadoluagency, 30 December 2017


Qasem is a baby from #Ghouta, who lived under siege all his life. On Dec. 3, his mom was killed and he was grievously injured in an attack. We can't turn away from these stories and the children of #Syria and families.#BreakGhoutaSiege: image via QUSAY NOOR @QUSAY_NOOR, 30 December 2017  

 
Education is still suspended and children are unable to go to school because of the barbaric shelling by the Assad regime on #EasternGhouta: image via Amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 24 November 2017

Abu Malek, uses his crutches to walk a street in Ghouta, Syria | by trust.org

Abu Malek uses his crutches to walk a street in Ghouta, Syria. Abu Malek, one of the survivors of a chemical attack in the Ghouta region of Damascus that took place in 2013, uses his crutches to walk along a street in the Ghouta town of Ain Tarma, Syria April 7, 2017. Picture taken April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh: image via trustdtorg, 22 December 2017


Syrian children play at a school turned into a shelter for people displaced by the war, in the town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on December 23, 2017: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 30 December 2017



A school turned into a shelter for people displaced by the war, in the town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on December 23, 2017 Photo by @abdfree2 Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 30 December 2017
 
 

A school turned into a shelter for people displaced by the war, in the town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on December 23, 2017 Photo by @abdfree2 Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 30 December 2017
 
 

A school turned into a shelter for people displaced by the war, in the town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on December 23, 2017 Photo by @abdfree2 Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 30 December 2017


A school turned into a shelter for people displaced by the war, in the town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on December 23, 2017 Photo by @abdfree2 Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 30 December 2017 


 
Syrians walk with their bicycles and pass through a devastated street following a reported air strike in the besieged town of Arbin, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus, during an air strike on November 23, 2017. PHOTO BY: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 November 2017

 

Syrians walk with their bicycles and pass through a devastated street following a reported air strike in the besieged town of Arbin, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus, during an air strike on November 23, 2017. PHOTO BY: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 November 2017

 

Syrians walk with their bicycles and pass through a devastated street following a reported air strike in the besieged town of Arbin, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus, during an air strike on November 23, 2017. PHOTO BY: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 November 2017

 

Syrians walk with their bicycles and pass through a devastated street following a reported air strike in the besieged town of Arbin, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus, during an air strike on November 23, 2017. PHOTO BY: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 24 November 2017

 
Since 14 November, more than 190 civilians have been killed and over 1000 were injured as a result of the intensive shelling by Bashar Al Assad' regime forces targeting #EasternGhouta cities and villages. PHOTO BY: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 28 November 2017 

 

Since 14 November, more than 190 civilians have been killed and over 1000 were injured as a result of the intensive shelling by Bashar Al Assad' regime forces targeting #EasternGhouta cities and villages. PHOTO BY: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 28 November 2017 

 
Since 14 November, more than 190 civilians have been killed and over 1000 were injured as a result of the intensive shelling by Bashar Al Assad' regime forces targeting #EasternGhouta cities and villages. PHOTO BY: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 28 November 2017 


Since 14 November, more than 190 civilians have been killed and over 1000 were injured as a result of the intensive shelling by Bashar Al Assad' regime forces targeting #EasternGhouta cities and villages. PHOTO BY: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 28 November 2017


The pain doesn't stop in the Eastern Ghouta Photo by: Abdulmonam Eassa #pain #child #war #besiege #photo: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 30 December 2017

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TC said...

Government air raids intensify in Syria's Eastern Ghouta: Zeina Khodr, Al Jazeera News, 3 January 2018

Beirut, Lebanon - The videos show chaotic scenes: first responders rush to evacuate wounded civilians in a marketplace, while others pull an injured man, covered in dust, out of the rubble of a stone home and onto a stretcher.

Dozens of people have been killed in a recent spike in violence in Syria.

At least 40 people have died in recent days in what opposition activists describe as "indiscriminate bombardment" by Syrian state forces.

The air raids are believed to be part of the government's assault on rebel-held positions in Eastern Ghouta, a neighbourhood near Damascus.

The government says it has launched a counteroffensive because opposition fighters are firing shells into territories under its control.

But rebels say the government is trying to help troops fighting in the suburb of Harasta.

Eastern Ghouta is home to 400,000 people who have been living under siege for four years.

Children comprise around half of the population in the area, which is one of the last rebel strongholds in the country.

In desperate need of food and medicine, aid agencies evacuated a few dozen people in need of medical care from Eastern Ghouta last week.

Almost 650 residents need urgent medical assistance, according to the Syrian American Medical Aid Society.

Medicine is being rationed, and people are dying of complications due to the limited availability of simple procedures like dialysis.