Update #16
On March 15th, over 100,000 Syrians fled Eastern Ghouta - a rebel-held area near Damascus - due to Assad’s advances. Since February, the Syrian president and his Russian allies have been actively defying the UN’s call for a ceasefire through incendiary bombs and chlorine gas on civilian populations. The president has denied any use of illegal weapons, and he stated that the air campaigns were a necessary measure for removing Islamist strongholds. A negotiated withdrawal wil