Daraya: #Local_Council_of_Daraya_City
#Daily_News_Roundup: Field, Medical and Humanitarian Situation in #Daraya, Damascus
29/01/2014
***Headlines***
22 barrel bombs; heavy artillery shelling; fierce clashes; intensive helicopter overflights; 14 months of siege and an absence of life necessities
*** Recent developments on the ground***
For the first time since the start of the campaign against Daraya, the city has been hit with a horrifying 22 barrel bombs which targeted the residential areas in the centre and west of the city. This was the largest number of barrel bombs dropped on the city in one day and it led to the demolishing of whole buildings. Meanwhile, regime’s artillery in the Fourth Division Barracks, Regiment 153 and checkpoints along the Daraa Highway continued to shell the eastern and southern areas of the city where fierce clashes broke out between FSA and regime forces.
***Humanitarian and living conditions***
The besieged people of Daraya have been suffering for over a year amidst a total lack of humanitarian, medical and food supplies. Over 6,000 civilians including 600 children and 50 new born babies are living inside the siege. The people have been surviving on whatever vegetables or herbs they can get. Unfortunately, large proportions of crops have been damaged by the current wave of frost. As a result, the siege is becoming ever more life-threatening due to hunger, cold and daily shelling including explosive barrels.
#Daily_News_Roundup: Field, Medical and Humanitarian Situation in #Daraya, Damascus
29/01/2014
***Headlines***
22 barrel bombs; heavy artillery shelling; fierce clashes; intensive helicopter overflights; 14 months of siege and an absence of life necessities
*** Recent developments on the ground***
For the first time since the start of the campaign against Daraya, the city has been hit with a horrifying 22 barrel bombs which targeted the residential areas in the centre and west of the city. This was the largest number of barrel bombs dropped on the city in one day and it led to the demolishing of whole buildings. Meanwhile, regime’s artillery in the Fourth Division Barracks, Regiment 153 and checkpoints along the Daraa Highway continued to shell the eastern and southern areas of the city where fierce clashes broke out between FSA and regime forces.
***Humanitarian and living conditions***
The besieged people of Daraya have been suffering for over a year amidst a total lack of humanitarian, medical and food supplies. Over 6,000 civilians including 600 children and 50 new born babies are living inside the siege. The people have been surviving on whatever vegetables or herbs they can get. Unfortunately, large proportions of crops have been damaged by the current wave of frost. As a result, the siege is becoming ever more life-threatening due to hunger, cold and daily shelling including explosive barrels.