In Photos: Dozens Of Children Face the Wrath Of Syrian Civil War

Eastern Ghouta has been under a crippling siege and heavy bombardments for almost a month now.

A Syrian paramedic treats a kid who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling in Ghouta. The airstrikes have killed over 600 people. 

(Photo: AP)

The region of eastern Ghouta in Syria has been under a crippling siege and has been facing heavy bombardments for almost a month now. The airstrikes and bombings have claimed the lives of over 600 people. The siege has been deemed as “one of the most pitiless onslaughts in this long-running and brutal civil war” by the top United Nations human rights official Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein.

Defying the international community, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has declared that the military operations in the rebel-held enclave will continue.

Syria Civil Defense group take a victim from the rubble of a damaged shelter that was hit during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces in Ghouta. 

A Syrian woman baking bread in a shelter as she seeks protection for her family from airstrikes and shelling in Ghouta. 

An injured man sitting inside a civil defence van after airstrike in Ghouta. 

A burnt car hit during shelling at a highway in Damascus, Syria.

Syrian government’s warplanes supported by Russia continued their relentless bombardment of the rebel-controlled eastern suburbs of Damascus.

Member of the Civil Defense group carrying a girl who has been wounded during airstrikes and shelling in Ghouta.  

Hundreds have been killed in airstrikes in Syria in the last two weeks. Dozens of children are facing the wrath of the ongoing civil war. 

The situation is desperate for the people of Ghouta as the shelling continues. 

Members of Syria Civil Defense group help in evacuation as warplanes continue to attack civilians in Syria.  

The ongoing civil war is being touted at one of the deadliest attacks on Syria. 

A member of the Syria Civil Defense group, White Helmet, carries a child during airstrikes and shelling in Eastern Ghouta, Syria.