A “humanitarian pause” announced by Russia in Syria’s deadly bombardment of Eastern Ghouta failed to end violence on Tuesday, with fresh bloodshed and no sign of aid deliveries or residents leaving the besieged enclave. The “humanitarian pause” ordered by Putin echoed a similar tactic employed by Russia and Syrian regime during the ferocious battle to force rebels out of Aleppo in 2016. Russia is killing us and bombing us every day,” said Samer al-Buaidhani, a 25-year-old from Douma, Eastern Ghouta’s main hub. Aleppo scenarioIn Hammuriyeh, another town in the sprawling semi-rural enclave, Mohammed Abdullah said the pause left civilians with a choice between two evils. The Syrian government lost control of Eastern Ghouta in 2012 and has besieged it almost ever since.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 28, 2018 07:41 UTC