At least 20 civilians have died in a resumption of bombing on Douma, the largest town in shrinking opposition-controlled pockets of Syria's Eastern Ghouta, AFP reported Monday (March 19th).
Thirteen were killed late Sunday in airstrikes and artillery fire on the town, and another seven were killed Monday morning, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The fresh bloodshed came after a week-long lull in the bombardment of Douma after negotiations between the opposition and regime-backer Russia allowed medical evacuations from the town.
The latest deadly raids came as more than 4,000 civilians fled a southern pocket of the enclave.
According to the Observatory, nearly 70,000 people have escaped Ghouta in recent days to regime-held zones, using "corridors" opened by regime forces.
