Bombed by Assad
Residents gesture to the sky, during what activists said were seven air-strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Duma, Eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, February 2, 2015.
The rebel-held area east of Damascus is a target of forces loyal to Assad. In late January Islamist fighters struck the Syrian capital with at least 38 rockets, killing seven people, a monitoring group said, in one of heaviest attacks on Damascus in more than a year. State media confirmed the attack and said at least four people were killed.
The Saudi-backed Islam Army, based in the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, had warned earlier that it would hit back against an air strike in Ghouta in which more than 40 people were killed.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
A warplane loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fires rockets during an air strike in Duma, Syria, near Damascus, January 25, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
An injured man looks towards the sky after what activists said were seven air-strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Duma, Syria, near Damascus, February 2, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
Residents carry an injured man, after seven air-strikes activists say were by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Duma, Syria, near Damascus, February 2, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
A child runs for cover after seven air-strikes activists say were by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Duma, Syria, near Damascus, February 2, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
Smoke rises after an airstrike in eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, January 25, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
Residents carry an injured man near a burning shop, after shelling by forces activists say are loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Hamouria main square and market, Eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus January 23, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
A man gives medical assistance to an injured man as two wounded children wait nearby at a field hospital after an air strike in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, February 2, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
A wounded boy sits at a field hospital after an air strike in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus, February 2, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
An injured girl waits for treatment in a field hospital after an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, January 28, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
A man inspects a damaged site after strikes by forces activists say are loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Douma eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, January 25, 2015.
Islamist fighters struck the Syrian capital with at least 38 rockets on Sunday, killing seven people, a monitoring group said, in one of heaviest attacks on Damascus in over a year. State media confirmed the attack and said at least four people were killed. It said the army was retaliating.
The Saudi-backed Islam Army, based in the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, had warned earlier that it would hit back against an air strike in Ghouta in which more than 40 people were killed.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
An injured child is treated in a field hospital after air strikes in Douma eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, January 25, 2015.
Damascus bombed by Assad's forces
Residents inspect a damaged site after what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus January 21, 2015.