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Hundreds Killed, Wounded as Assad Forces Pummel Besieged Ghouta

Opposition activists have put the death toll from regime bombardment at more than 200 over the past two days
Hundreds Killed, Wounded as Assad Forces Pummel Besieged Ghouta

More than 100 people were killed and over 400 others wounded in the Assad regime’s major offensive on the Eastern Ghouta suburbs on Monday, a war monitor reported.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime airstrikes battered the enclave leaving 127 civilians dead.

"The regime is bombing Eastern Ghouta to pave the way for a ground offensive," Observatory head Rami Abdel-Rahman said.

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