Syria. Details of the Deir al-Assafir massacre

(B2) In a letter sent to the Security Council by the French ambassador to the UN, the representative of the Syrian opposition, Riyad Hijab, denounced the massacre committed on March 31 by the forces of the Assad regime against the civilian population of the village of Deir el-Assafir, in Eastern Ghouta. A clear violation of the cessation of hostilities, to listen to it. Finally, " 33 deaths (including 11 children), and more than 60 injured in field hospitals, several of them in serious condition ". Missiles were fired against the school, the hospital and the civil defense center of Deïr el-Assafir ". Air raids followed. targeting emergency and civil defense teams who were on the scene, which increased the death toll, among civilians and rescuers ". Among the dead are 11 children, such as a civil defense first aider (so-called "white helmets") and two police officers.

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