Opposition infighting gives Assad regime opening in Eastern Ghouta - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Asaad Hanna

Asaad Hanna

May 31, 2016

A man rides on a motorbike as another one walks past damaged buildings in the rebel-controlled area of al-Nashabyia town in Eastern Ghouta, Syria April 13, 2016. Picture taken April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh - RTX29YRZ — A man rides on a motorbike as another one walks past damaged buildings in the rebel-controlled area of al-Nashabyia in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, April 13, 2016. — REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

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A family walks at a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at the eastern Ghouta of Damascus June 5, 2015. REUTERS/Amer Almohibany - RTX1F8QO

Civilians 'biggest losers' of opposition infighting in eastern Ghouta

A man inspects a line of bread to be distributed as aid in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria April 15, 2017. Picture taken April 15, 2017. The bakery was reopened by the Unified Aid Office, which is in charge of distributing aid in eastern Ghouta, to alleviate the impact of a rise in bread prices to $2 per kg, according to the men running the bakery. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS12J6P

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Mohammed al-Khatieb

Syrians salvage medical items from a hospital following an air strike a rebel-controlled town in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on May 1, 2017.

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