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Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2018
Damascus denies being behind reported gas attack on civilians in Syrian rebel enclave of Ghouta
A Syrian rebel group accused government forces Saturday of dropping a barrel bomb containing poisonous chemicals on civilians in eastern Ghouta, and a medical relief organization said 41 people had been killed in chemical attacks on the area.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2018
Tens of thousands of civilians trapped as Syrian army readies 'huge' assault on holdout rebels' last bastion
The Syrian army is preparing to launch a "huge" operation against the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta unless the Jaish al-Islam insurgent group agrees to hand over the area, a pro-Syrian government newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 19, 2018
Rebels in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta discussing cease-fire with U.N.
The main rebel group in the southern pocket of Syria's opposition-held eastern Ghouta said on Sunday it was negotiating with a United Nations delegation about a cease-fire, aid and the evacuation of urgent medical cases.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
Thousands join first mass flight from Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta as civilian deaths surge
Thousands of Syrian civilians fled from a rebel pocket in eastern Ghouta on Thursday, crossing by foot to army positions in the first mass exodus from the besieged enclave since Syrian government forces launched an assault to capture it a month ago.
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WORLD / Society
Mar 15, 2018
Syrian Red Crescent says convoy to enter Douma in besieged Ghouta
A 25-truck convoy carrying food and medical aid will enter the besieged, rebel-held town of Douma in Syria's eastern Ghouta on Thursday, Ziad Msallati, a senior adviser in the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, told Reuters on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018
Sick and injured start leaving Syria's besieged Ghouta under rare medical evacuation
Sick and injured civilians left a rebel enclave in Syria's eastern Ghouta on Tuesday under the first medical evacuation since one of the deadliest assaults of the seven-year war began nearly a month ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 9, 2018
Rebels and civilians flee to last remaining pockets of Ghouta as Syria regime closes pincers
Syria's army is poised to slice rebel-held eastern Ghouta in two as forces advancing from the east link up with troops at its western edge, a pro-Damascus commander said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2018
All-day regime bombardments new normal in Syria's Ghouta
For residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta, five days of intense bombardment have imposed a new routine of terror in a district already tormented by years of siege.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2018
Syrian civilians in Ghouta waiting their 'turn to die' as more regime bombs fall
Residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their "turn to die" on Wednesday, amid one of the most intense bombardments of the war by pro-government forces on the besieged, rebel-held enclave near Damascus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2018
Syria regime airstrikes pound last rebel strongholds and hospitals, allegedly choke civilians with gas
Warplanes launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people in the Ghouta suburb near the capital and choking people with gas in Idlib in the northwest, rescue workers and a war monitor said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2018
Elite Syrian forces, backed by Russian jets, break siege of base near Damascus
Syria's army has broken the siege of an army base encircled by opposition forces on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, state television and a war monitor reported on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 28, 2017
Syria lets some patients leave besieged rebel area near Damascus for treatment
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Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 22, 2017
Journalist's haunting photo of war-wounded Syrian baby inspires people to cover one eye
An image of a Syrian baby's striking scar trailing down what used to be his left eye has sparked a global campaign of solidarity, with people around world posting photos on Twitter of themselves covering one eye.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 23, 2017
Famine forcing besieged Syrians to eat trash or go days without food: WFP
Syrians in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta are so short of food that they are eating trash, fainting from hunger and forcing their children to eat on alternate days, the U.N. World Food Program said in a report on Wednesday.

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