22:33Humanitarian Operation in Eastern Ghouta Ongoing Despite Western Attack
"Following a number of concentrated and powerful military operations in the past week, units from our fearless armed forces and its allies managed to cleanse Eastern Ghouta in all its neighborhoods and (surrounding) villages, from the armed terrorist organizations after driving out all terrorists from the city of Douma, the final base for terrorists in Eastern Ghouta", said a statement released by the military late on Saturday.
Firstly of the yr Jap Ghouta was a sprawling semi-rural space simply east of Damascus, residence to almost 400,000 inhabitants, which had already endured a number of years below a authorities siege that slashed entry to meals, drugs and different items.
The army said that the victory in Douma comes as the United States, Britain, and France have launched missile attacks on the Syrian military positions earlier on Saturday.
The government forces launched their offensive against eastern Ghouta in February, backed by Russian firepower.
The extreme bombardment killed some 1,700 civilians in line with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, and pulverised the realm, decreasing many neighbourhoods to rubble.
The allies have since signalled their resolve to return to diplomacy, launching a new bid at the United Nations to investigate chemical weapons attacks in the country.
The General Command went on to assert that this great victory in the eradication of terrorism and the liberation of Douma is a natural result of the people's rallying around the Syrian Arab Army, and this was made evident when people from various areas and villages of the Eastern Ghouta took to the streets demanding the Syrian Arab Army to liberate them from terrorism and restore security and safety.
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According to a draft text obtained by AFP, the resolution calls for humanitarian aid deliveries, enforcing a ceasefire and demands that the Syrian government engage in UN-led peace talks.
The last convoy of buses transporting members of the Islamist group Jaish al-Islam and their relatives left Douma yesterday.
The foreign ministry said earlier on Saturday that the US-led strikes would only "lead to inflaming tensions in the world" and threaten worldwide security.
Dozens of civilians in government-controlled central Damascus have also been killed by rockets and mortar rounds fired from Eastern Ghouta by the rebel groups that held it.
"Yesterday, 107 buses carried away the remaining 3,976 militants and their families who wished to leave the town of Douma".
The Syrian military stated a clear up operation was below manner within the battered enclave.
Assad has managed to cling on to energy, retaking swathes of territory with the assistance of ally Russian Federation.
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