Regime forces have targeted the residential districts of Douma (rural Damascus) with artillery shells and rockets, killing nine people and injuring dozens of others.
The Directorate of Education in the city has announced that schools will be closed for the rest of the day due to the intense bombing.
Victims identified include:
- Ibrahim al-Nabulsi
- Akram Sa’ab
- Khaleel Sheikh al-Najjar
- Tariq Zari’
- Abdul Nasir al-Quteifani
- Adnan al-Hamouri (child)
- Mohammed al-Masri
- Mohammed Oyoon