More than 500 civilians have been killed in the past one week in the intense shelling of the government forces on a rebel base near Damascus in Syria. Human rights activists have said this, according to BBC News.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK based human rights organization, 121 people among the people killed in the operation in Gutter East The company said that at least 29 civilians were killed, including 17 in the main city of Dumas on Saturday. The number of civilians killed was 500.
In support of Russia, Syrian government forces have been launching a series of attacks since Sunday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the plane of both Syria and Russia took part in the attack. Although Russia has denied the direct involvement in the attack@williamcate
During the attack, barrels of bombs and shelling were carried out in the area. More than four lakh people were trapped in this.