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By Mohamad Misto and Selen Temizer, Eastern Ghouta, Syria: Flouting international cease-fire efforts, the Assad regime on Tuesday fired artillery shells into Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta enclave, killing at least five civilians, according to the Syrian White Helmets civil defense group. The Assad regime launched shells into Eastern Ghouta’s Douma, Bayt Sava, Cisrin and al-Marj regions at around 10.30 a.m. (0730GMT). It also carried out airstrikes in the Kafr Batna, Douma, Semelka, Hawsh al-Zawahra, and Misraba regions at about the same time. Two civilians were killed in Douma, along with two others in...