Is Eastern Ghouta Worse Than Aleppo?
“You can’t quantify pain and suffering.”
The guns didn’t fall silent in Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday—despite a five-hour pause ordered by the Russian government to allow medical and humanitarian-aid deliveries into the rebel-held area outside Damascus, the Syrian capital. It was the second day the besieged area was supposed to experience such a brief pause, but the continuing violence and the condition of the roads means that little to no aid is getting in.
More than 500 people have been killed in a little more than a week in Eastern Ghouta, and thousands have been injured by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who are operating
