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Daraya: #Local_Council_of_Daraya_City
#Daily_News_Roundup: Field, Medical and Humanitarian Situation in #Daraya, Damascus
27/03/2014
***Headlines***
One FSA fighter killed; clashes between FSA and regime forces; one barrel bomb; artillery shelling; siege causes dire shortages in all necessities
*** Recent developments on the ground***
FSA fighter Hamid Abu Iskandar was killed today in clashes between the Free Syrian Army and regime forces. The fierce fighting broke out on the northern front as regime forces shelled the area using heavy artillery and Malyutka rockets. Meanwhile, Assad’s helicopters dropped 1 barrel bomb on city centre while Fourth Division Barracks continued to shell the city sporadically with artillery.
Photo of fallen hero Hamid Abu Iskandar
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=493376547455842
***Humanitarian and living conditions***
The besieged people of Daraya have been suffering for fifteen months 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 displaced people of Daraya are facing exceeding difficulties due to difficult living conditions prevailing generally in the western countryside of Damascus in addition to security persecution of people from Daraya on all military roadblocks and government departments.
Anadolu News Agency report on how barrel bombs transformed Daraya into a ‘ghost city’
http://www.aa.com.tr/ar/news/306603