Battles Rage in Maliha near Damascus as Aerial Shelling Kills Four Children in Deir Makir

Rebels clashed with Assad’s forces near Maliha in rural Damascus, with reports of regime losses. Rebels also targeted the headquarters of the Regiment No.81 near Damascus International Airport with a mortar shells. Regime forces carried out aerial shelling on the town of Deir Makir, killing four children and injuring dozens. A child died in Marj al-Sultan in Rural Damascus due to drought and malnutrition caused by the siege imposed by Assad’s forces. The districts of Jobar and Qaboun in Damascus came under mortar shelling carried out by regime forces, while a number of mortar shells struck the Salhiya district, the perimeter of October Palace, Sheikh Saad in Mezze and Kassa’a, killing one person in the neighborhood of Salhiya and causing material damage. Regime forces arrested a number of civilians at a checkpoint in Al Zahira district. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)