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Thousands of civilians have been liberated from terrorist-controlled eastern Damascus
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The battle for Ghouta, in northeastern Damascus, has been ongoing for years, ever since the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda began taking control of its neighborhoods and farmlands in 2011.
They began by targeting a neighborhood's outskirts, repeatedly hitting buildings with missiles and gas canisters shot from 'hell canons'. As buildings were made feeble, people would evacuate, then more buildings would be hit, and more people would evacuate, until entire streets and neighborhoods were infiltrated. |
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The terrorist armies would take over the empty buildings, use them for stockpiling weapons, and often they'd create torture chambers and makeshift 'jails'.
A large part of Ghouta became blocked by these terrorist armies, with many thousands of civilians then trapped inside, and thus, those civilians had to live under Islamic rule.
Because civilians remained trapped inside a terrorist-controlled area, it became difficult for the Syrian Armed Forces to rescue them. The citizens were often used as human shields. And, in November of 2015, women and children were placed in cages, strategically placed throughout Ghouta to prevent the Syrian Armed Forces from entering. The terrorist would shoot at the cages if Syrian Forces made any attempt to attack or enter.
Therefore, the process of recapturing Ghouta from the terrorist armies (which grew larger over the years) became a SWAT-like endeavor, going building to building, checking for terrorists, and slowly recovering buildings, then streets, then blocks of neighborhoods in this manner. Over time, the Syrian Armed Forces were finally able to encircled the terrorist army.
In March and April of 2017, after fully encircling Ghouta, the Syrian Army began negotiations with Jaish al-Islam to release the captured civilians. Jaish al-Islam (which translates as The Islamic Army), is a coalition army of terrorist groups. The original groups who first captured Ghouta, the Muslim Brotherhood's "Free Syrian Army", and al-Qaeda in Syria (called al-Nusra) had joined Jaish al-Islam. Jaish al-Islam is funded by Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Jaish al-Islam agreed to negotiate.
The Syrian government has a long-held policy of allowing terrorists who give up their weapons the opportunity to vacate without harm or arrests. A similar negotiation took place in 2016 in Aleppo when civilians were liberated from the hands of al-Qaeda and the Free Syrian Army (Muslim Brotherhood). Terrorists who put down their weapons, were allowed to vacate without harm or arrest.
In May of 2017, in these same types of negotiations, hundreds of civilians were released from Ghouta and taken to an area protected by the Syrian Army. Some were immediately taken to hospitals where their conditions could be monitored. Civilians who are held by terrorist groups are kept at near starvation and are not allowed any humanitarian aid, including medicine or medical aid of any kind.
But, even after this massive evacuation, thousands of civilians remained trapped inside Ghouta. And the Syrian Army never gave up trying to liberate Ghouta.
March 18, 2018
After a tense, month-long offensive in eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Army liberated 70% of the terrorist stronghold, an area the terrorists have fully controlled since 2012.
More negations then took place, and beginning on March 15th, 2018 evacuations took place for three days. First, the Syrian Army created and provided safe corridors for escape. Then, once civilians were safely escorted to a transportation area, buses were waiting to take people to shelters. Medical care was available at the transport stations for those in dire need, but also at the shelters.
Free food and medical care is provided at the shelters, as is done each and every time a neighborhood or town in Syria is evacuated.
Civilians who were interviewed at the transport stations reported that they were kept on the verge of starvation for years. Food and medical aid was prevented from entering by the terrorist groups. The children of Ghouta have been deprived of schools for six years, similar as to what has happened in other terrorist occupied areas.
The government has provided teachers, books and equipment for makeshifts schools at the shelters. This was also done when Aleppo was liberated. Children were able to begin school almost immediately and begin having a normal life. Syria's First Lady is very active in the transition process, setting up various organizations for aid, welfare and education.
More than 30,000 people have left Ghouta during this recent liberation.
March 8, 2018
Over the last week the Syrian Army has been evacuating those remaining terrorists who are willing to give up and get into the buses provided for them. Many have already left. Only the diehard terrorists remain.
The Syrian Army has never used chemicals on civilians, nor have they used chemicals on the terrorists. They fight with true grit and patriotism.
As a last ditch effort, the terrorists remaining cried "chemical attack" in order to gain western intervention so they could rally and try to regain control of Ghouta.
They did this before in 2013 and it was proven to be the terrorists who killed the children. For more on the original false flag that caused the U.S. intervention to begin in 2013, see: http://www.cheriberens.net/irrefutable-evidence-that-the-syrian-government-did-not-conduct-chemical-attacks-on-its-people.html
A large part of Ghouta became blocked by these terrorist armies, with many thousands of civilians then trapped inside, and thus, those civilians had to live under Islamic rule.
Because civilians remained trapped inside a terrorist-controlled area, it became difficult for the Syrian Armed Forces to rescue them. The citizens were often used as human shields. And, in November of 2015, women and children were placed in cages, strategically placed throughout Ghouta to prevent the Syrian Armed Forces from entering. The terrorist would shoot at the cages if Syrian Forces made any attempt to attack or enter.
Therefore, the process of recapturing Ghouta from the terrorist armies (which grew larger over the years) became a SWAT-like endeavor, going building to building, checking for terrorists, and slowly recovering buildings, then streets, then blocks of neighborhoods in this manner. Over time, the Syrian Armed Forces were finally able to encircled the terrorist army.
In March and April of 2017, after fully encircling Ghouta, the Syrian Army began negotiations with Jaish al-Islam to release the captured civilians. Jaish al-Islam (which translates as The Islamic Army), is a coalition army of terrorist groups. The original groups who first captured Ghouta, the Muslim Brotherhood's "Free Syrian Army", and al-Qaeda in Syria (called al-Nusra) had joined Jaish al-Islam. Jaish al-Islam is funded by Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Jaish al-Islam agreed to negotiate.
The Syrian government has a long-held policy of allowing terrorists who give up their weapons the opportunity to vacate without harm or arrests. A similar negotiation took place in 2016 in Aleppo when civilians were liberated from the hands of al-Qaeda and the Free Syrian Army (Muslim Brotherhood). Terrorists who put down their weapons, were allowed to vacate without harm or arrest.
In May of 2017, in these same types of negotiations, hundreds of civilians were released from Ghouta and taken to an area protected by the Syrian Army. Some were immediately taken to hospitals where their conditions could be monitored. Civilians who are held by terrorist groups are kept at near starvation and are not allowed any humanitarian aid, including medicine or medical aid of any kind.
But, even after this massive evacuation, thousands of civilians remained trapped inside Ghouta. And the Syrian Army never gave up trying to liberate Ghouta.
March 18, 2018
After a tense, month-long offensive in eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Army liberated 70% of the terrorist stronghold, an area the terrorists have fully controlled since 2012.
More negations then took place, and beginning on March 15th, 2018 evacuations took place for three days. First, the Syrian Army created and provided safe corridors for escape. Then, once civilians were safely escorted to a transportation area, buses were waiting to take people to shelters. Medical care was available at the transport stations for those in dire need, but also at the shelters.
Free food and medical care is provided at the shelters, as is done each and every time a neighborhood or town in Syria is evacuated.
Civilians who were interviewed at the transport stations reported that they were kept on the verge of starvation for years. Food and medical aid was prevented from entering by the terrorist groups. The children of Ghouta have been deprived of schools for six years, similar as to what has happened in other terrorist occupied areas.
The government has provided teachers, books and equipment for makeshifts schools at the shelters. This was also done when Aleppo was liberated. Children were able to begin school almost immediately and begin having a normal life. Syria's First Lady is very active in the transition process, setting up various organizations for aid, welfare and education.
More than 30,000 people have left Ghouta during this recent liberation.
March 8, 2018
Over the last week the Syrian Army has been evacuating those remaining terrorists who are willing to give up and get into the buses provided for them. Many have already left. Only the diehard terrorists remain.
The Syrian Army has never used chemicals on civilians, nor have they used chemicals on the terrorists. They fight with true grit and patriotism.
As a last ditch effort, the terrorists remaining cried "chemical attack" in order to gain western intervention so they could rally and try to regain control of Ghouta.
They did this before in 2013 and it was proven to be the terrorists who killed the children. For more on the original false flag that caused the U.S. intervention to begin in 2013, see: http://www.cheriberens.net/irrefutable-evidence-that-the-syrian-government-did-not-conduct-chemical-attacks-on-its-people.html
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Many of the civilians who were released had first been captured just northeast of Douma, where a massive massacre of civilians by al-Qaeda and the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army took place in 2013.
Map: In green is the area held by al-Qaeda and the Free Syrian Army since 2013 (and now part of the Jaish al-Islam coalition army). Douma, in the small red circle is where the massacre took place. Damascus, in the large red circle, is where rescued civilians were taken and placed in hospitals. |
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