It’s exactly 3:00 p.m. in eastern Ghouta when Humam Husari calls. But since reports of renewed chlorine gas attacks have started making the rounds, even the basements don’t feel safe anymore. Bassam Khabieh / Reuters Smoke rises from besieged eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 27, 2018. For the people of Ghouta, Aug. 21 is probably the darkest day of this war. NurPhoto via Getty Images A man sifts through trash in Douma, Syria, on Aug. 8, 2015, amid the Assad regime's blockade on food and medicine in eastern Ghouta.

Source: Huffington Post March 02, 2018 22:07 UTC