Syria's forgotten victims: the seige of Eastern Ghouta

WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST 2015

Human Rights group Amnesty International says that over 160,000 civilians in the Eastern Ghouta region near the Syrian capital have been 'left to die under siege'.

Views: © Lamba Media Production: Ruins of residential buildings in al-Masaken, destroyed by a Grad rocket fired by Syrian government forces on 16 by Syria Team

360 panorama of the destruction after months of shelling

According to Amnesty, the Syrian government has been carrying out aerial and shelling attacks on civilians and civilian objects in Eastern Ghouta since 2012. Between January and June this year around 500 civilians have died in government airstrikes that Amnesty says are often discriminate or grossly disproportionate.
Syria's Forgotten Victims the Seige of Eastern Ghouta by Thavam Ratna