A man holds a child after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria on Wednesday. "International coalition forces are bombing popular forces fighting "Daesh" and the (Syrian Democratic Forces) east of the Euphrates river and there are reports of casualties," statements carried by the stations said. Among them was the young daughter of Abu Raad, a shell-shocked man from Eastern Ghouta. Home to an estimated 400,000 people, the Eastern Ghouta region has been included in a de-escalation deal that was meant to bring calm. "Syrian pro-regime forces initiated an unprovoked attack against well-established Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters" on February 7, CENTCOM said in a statement.

Source: Bangkok Post February 08, 2018 04:50 UTC