The Battle For The Syrian Suburb Of Ghouta -- News Updates March 11, 2018

Al Jazeera: Syria's war: Battles rage in Eastern Ghouta, as 'toll tops 1,000'

Syria's army and rebel groups locked in battle, as civilian death toll hits 1,099, according to UK-based war monitor.

The Syrian army and rebel groups early on Sunday engaged in fierce battles in Eastern Ghouta, where fighting has killed at least 1,099 civilians over the past 21 days, a war monitor said.

The death toll, recorded by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) - a UK-based war monitoring group - included 227 children and 154 women. At least 4,378 others were wounded.

"Warplanes covered the sky in Eastern Ghouta yesterday," Abdelmalik Aboud, an activist in the town of Douma, told Al Jazeera on Sunday.

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The Battle For The Syrian Suburb Of Ghouta -- News Updates March 11, 2018

Syrian army completely surrounds Douma: Hezbollah military media unit -- Reuters
Syrian forces attacking eastern Ghouta ‘have surrounded rebels in Douma’ -- The Guardian
Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up -- AFP
Syria army 'splits rebel-held Eastern Ghouta in three' -- Al Jazeera
Syrian army intensifies assault on Eastern Ghouta, splits rebel stronghold: reports -- ABC News Online
Syrian forces continue eastern Ghouta assault after cutting off enclave's main town -- DW
Half of Ghouta falls to forces loyal to Syrian government as death toll tops 1,000 -- The National
Syrian regime gains ground in 'semi-destroyed rubble town' -- CNN
Syrian army captures largest town in Eastern Ghouta -- UPI
Douma surrounded as Syrian army advance cuts rebel-held Ghouta in two -- Middle East Monitor
Syrian troops cut major roads in suburbs of Damascus -- AP
Death toll tops 1,000 in assault on Syria's Ghouta: monitor -- AFP
Delegation from Syria rebel enclave mulls evacuation deal -- AFP
Talks with militants underway over their exit from Eastern Ghouta - center -- TASS
U.S. warns 'unwise' for Syria to use weaponised gas, slams Russia -- Reuters
Eastern Ghouta: Mattis warns Syria over 'weaponised gas' -- BBC
Eastern Ghouta Syria: The neighbourhoods below the bombs -- BBC
Eastern Ghouta: What is happening and why -- Al Jazeera