#Daily_News_Roundup: Field, Medical and Humanitarian Situation in #Daraya, Damascus
28/08/2013
***Headlines***
Artillery shelling; helicopter and jetfighter overflights; military convoy enters city; tight siege and miserable humanitarian situation
*** Recent developments on the ground***
The western and southern fronts were intermittently shelled by heavy artillery from the Fourth Division Mountains, and the checkpoints and barracks surrounding the city.
This morning, a military convoy made up of military vehicles, tanks and troop carriers entered the city via the eastern entrance while helicopters and jetfighters conducted several overflights over Daraya. Later, the convoy withdrew to its earlier locations outside the city in two groups. The city’s combat fronts witnessed relative calm interrupted by mutual sniper operations.
*** Humanitarian situation***
Over the past nine months the city of Darya has been surrounded by tens of regime checkpoints forming a tight siege and resulting in dire shortage in all the necessities of life amid a complete blackout of electricity and communications. Meanwhile, the displaced people of Daraya are suffering horrific living conditions where food supplies and safe homes are scarce and prices are soaring.
***Videos ***
#Daraya 28/08/2013: Shelling from the Fourth Division Mountains against the city
https://youtu.be/rRQoJuqf5VM
#Daraya 28/08/2013: smoke billowing from the city in the aftermath of shelling
رابط : https://youtu.be/XqqDNDFUyfQ
28/08/2013
***Headlines***
Artillery shelling; helicopter and jetfighter overflights; military convoy enters city; tight siege and miserable humanitarian situation
*** Recent developments on the ground***
The western and southern fronts were intermittently shelled by heavy artillery from the Fourth Division Mountains, and the checkpoints and barracks surrounding the city.
This morning, a military convoy made up of military vehicles, tanks and troop carriers entered the city via the eastern entrance while helicopters and jetfighters conducted several overflights over Daraya. Later, the convoy withdrew to its earlier locations outside the city in two groups. The city’s combat fronts witnessed relative calm interrupted by mutual sniper operations.
*** Humanitarian situation***
Over the past nine months the city of Darya has been surrounded by tens of regime checkpoints forming a tight siege and resulting in dire shortage in all the necessities of life amid a complete blackout of electricity and communications. Meanwhile, the displaced people of Daraya are suffering horrific living conditions where food supplies and safe homes are scarce and prices are soaring.
***Videos ***
#Daraya 28/08/2013: Shelling from the Fourth Division Mountains against the city
https://youtu.be/rRQoJuqf5VM
#Daraya 28/08/2013: smoke billowing from the city in the aftermath of shelling
رابط : https://youtu.be/XqqDNDFUyfQ