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| Syrian Bombardment Kills Nearly 100 in Eastern Ghouta | Syrian Bombardment Kills Nearly 100 in Eastern Ghouta |
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| BEIRUT, Lebanon — Government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus, have killed at least 98 people, a Syrian monitoring group and paramedics said on Tuesday. | BEIRUT, Lebanon — Government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus, have killed at least 98 people, a Syrian monitoring group and paramedics said on Tuesday. |
| The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Monday was the deadliest day in three years in the area of eastern Ghouta, the last main rebel stronghold near Damascus. | The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Monday was the deadliest day in three years in the area of eastern Ghouta, the last main rebel stronghold near Damascus. |
| The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said the shelling and airstrikes killed at least 98 people and that others were trapped under the rubble. | |
| The Observatory said 20 children and 15 women were among those killed. | The Observatory said 20 children and 15 women were among those killed. |
| The suburbs have been subjected for weeks to bombardment that has killed and wounded hundreds of people. | The suburbs have been subjected for weeks to bombardment that has killed and wounded hundreds of people. |
| Opposition activists said government forces had brought in reinforcements in preparation for a wider offensive on the area. | Opposition activists said government forces had brought in reinforcements in preparation for a wider offensive on the area. |
| The United Nations children’s agency, Unicef, issued a one-page statement that was largely blank. “Do those inflicting the suffering still have words to justify their barbaric acts,” the statement read. It was followed mostly by white space because “we no longer have the words to describe children’s suffering and our outrage.” |