Smoke billows following Syrian government bombardment on the rebel-held besieged town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on March 12, 2018. Syrian regime forces cut off the largest town in Eastern Ghouta from the rest of the opposition enclave in a blow to beleaguered rebels defending their last bastion near Damascus. Government troops and allied militia have recaptured half of the besieged region in a blistering assault launched on February 18 that has left nearly 1,000 civilians dead and prompted global outcry. / AFP PHOTO / -
A Syria war-monitoring group says at least 12 pro-government fighters were killed in airstrikes the previous night in the country’s east.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says none of the fatalities were Syrian nationals but foreign fighters.
Syria’s government forces have relied on support from the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group and also regional militias organized by Iran to wage war on rebels and Islamic State militants.
In Damascus, government media reported early on Thursday that international coalition aircraft struck Syrian army positions near the front lines with ISIS in eastern Syria.
The Observatory says the US-led coalition was likely behind the strikes but the Pentagon said it had “no information to substantiate those reports.”
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