馃嚫馃嚲 'Hell on Earth' in Eastern Ghouta must stop: UN chief | Al Jazeera English
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Ongoing attacks by Syrian government forces and their allies has created "hell on Earth" for civilians stuck in a rebel-held Damascus suburb, the UN's chief said on Monday, as air strikes and ground operations continued despite a days-old ceasefire. The bombardment of rebel-held enclave over the past week has been one of the heaviest of Syria鈥檚 seven-year war, killing more than 550 people in eight days, according to a toll compiled by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor. Al Jazeera's David Chater reports from Geneva. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
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