PHOTO: A man carries a child injured in Wednesday’s bombing of the East Ghouta area near Damascus
UPDATE 0945 GMT: At least 17 people have been killed and 30 wounded in regime bombing of Deir al-Asafir, 12 km (7.5 miles) southeast of Damascus, according to pro-opposition Orient News.
The site’s correspondent Hadi al-Mujanad said a school and medical facility were hit. He said the death toll was increasing as residents uncovered bodies.
Orient News’s office in the town was demolished.
Treatment of the injured (Warning — Graphic Images):
A child is rescued from rubble:
ORIGINAL ENTRY: Defying the February 27 “cessation of hostilities” in Syria, regime warplanes are continuing strikes near Damascus.
Supporting an attempt by ground forces to take territory northeast of the capital, jet fighters and helicopters attacked both the al-Marj area and the town of Douma.
The pro-opposition Orient News said four civilians were killed, three in the village of Bala and one in Douma.
Pro-Assad forces took territory in the al-Marj area, including the Marj al-Sultan base, before the cessation of hostilities, and they have continued to attack after the ceasefire.
Orient said three barrel bombs were also dropped on Khan al-Sheeh, southwest of Damascus, as leaflets called on residents to surrender.
An airstrike as the White Helmets civil defense workers approach:
#Syria|n regime airstrike almost directly hit a group of White Helmets in the rebel-held city of Dūmā today. pic.twitter.com/ElLzFce0we
— Sakir Khader (@sakirkhader) March 30, 2016
First-person footage as the White Helmets carry out rescue duties — minutes later, White Helmets member Walid Ghourani was killed:
Smoke rises from one of the al-Marj strikes:
Remains of a mosque in Douma:
