Tag: Ghouta

By Kerem Kinik Humanity is witnessing a great shame in Eastern Ghouta, which is a home to over 94 percent of the civilian population who is living under siege across Syria. Around 400,000 people are deprived of the basic needs, according to the UN’s reports. Eastern Ghouta has been under siege since April 2013, with thousands of people have lost their lives and tens of thousands others sustained injuries. The chemical attacks on Aug. 21, 2013, had caused the loss of more than 400 civilian lives. Chemical attacks, barrels and cluster bombs,...