Medical charities say jets have hit more than a dozen hospitals, making it near impossible to treat the wounded. The bombing of eastern Ghouta since Sunday night has been among the fiercest of the war, now entering its eighth year. The Civil Defense in eastern Ghouta said its rescuers rushed to help the wounded after strikes on the town of Hammouriyeh on Friday morning. Nearly 400,000 people live in eastern Ghouta, a pocket of satellite towns and farms that has been under government siege since 2013. The resolution does not cover the groups Islamic State, al Qaeda and the Nusra Front, which Moscow and Damascus say they have targeted in eastern Ghouta.

Source: bd News24 February 23, 2018 09:22 UTC