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Syrian Army declares victory in eastern Ghouta; negotiations still underway in Douma

The Syrian Army declared victory in eastern Ghouta Saturday after opposition fighters evacuated from most of the area near the capital except for the town of Douma.

Syria: 29 civilians killed in heavy air strikes, shelling in rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta

Heavy air strikes and shelling killed 29 civilians in the main town of Syria's rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus today

15 children, 2 women killed as air strike hits school in Syria's Ghouta; human rights group suspects Russian involvement

An air strike on a school in Syria's Eastern Ghouta late on Monday killed 15 children and two women who were using its basement as a bomb shelter, a monitor said

Syria unrest: Over 11,000 people have left besieged eastern Ghouta near capital Damascus, says Russian military

Russia's military says more than 11,000 people have left Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta outside the capital Damascus in the past few hours

Death toll reaches 800 in Syria's Ghouta as air strikes, clashes continue; France, Britain call for emergency UNSC meeting

Heavy air strikes and clashes shook the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, as France and Britain called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting.

Syria’s war-torn Ghouta receives first aid, but government confiscates medical supplies even as death toll crosses 700

Aid convoys reached a crossing point into Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Monday, a witness said, bringing the first relief to the besieged enclave since one of the deadliest government assaults of the seven-year war began two weeks ago.

In Syria's eastern Ghouta thousands huddle in tunnels in unhygienic conditions as bombing continues

Around 600 civilians have been killed in the Syrian military's offensive to recapture the region adjacent to the capital, Damascus

Syria unrest: Army, allied forces capture over third of rebel enclave in Eastern Ghouta, says war monitor

Syrian Army and its allies have captured more than a third of the rebel enclave in eastern Ghouta near Damascus since starting a ground offensive there a week ago

Syria attacks: 34 civilians killed as Assad regime strikes Eastern Ghouta; town of Douma worst hit

Syrian regime air strikes on the besieged rebel stronghold of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus killed more than 30 civilians including children

10 more killed in Syrian airstrikes in rebel-held Damascus suburbs despite UN ceasefire resolution

A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics say that despite the UN cease-fire resolution, new bombardment of the rebel-held suburbs east of Damascus killed 10 people as airstrikes and bombing resumed.