Airstrikes by Syrian forces on Eastern Ghouta, as well as the firing of rockets from that rebel enclave, were recorded today despite the entry into force of the daily humanitarian truce set by Moscow, reported the Syrian non-governmental organization and the Sana news agency.
The UN also confirmed today that fighting has continued in Eastern Ghouta. The spokesman of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) Jens Lerke said at a press conference in Geneva that the fighting continues and that it is impossible to send an aid convoy.
Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told Agence France-Presse that since 9.00:8.00 a.m. this morning (XNUMX:XNUMX a.m. CET), the Syrian authorities have carried out a total of nine strikes, of which six were with artillery shells, two with barrel bombs and one by air. impact
Syria's official Sana news agency reported separately that rebels fired rockets targeting humanitarian corridors near the al-Rafidain camp in an effort to prevent civilians from leaving the area.
The Syrian Observatory earlier reported that a daily humanitarian ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta, a rebel enclave near Damascus, took effect this morning to allow civilians to leave the area.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a daily humanitarian cease-fire in Eastern Ghouta from 9.00:14.00 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. to avoid civilian casualties.
Putin made the decision two days after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in Syria to evacuate civilians and the injured, and deliver humanitarian aid.
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