Update on the Situation in Eastern Ghouta
May 7, 2019
The Government of Syria (GoS) retook control of Eastern Ghouta in early 2018. During this, the GoS and its allies launched a military campaign against the area and imposed a so-called reconciliation agreement on the opposition armed groups located there. Those who did not accept the reconciliation agreements were transferred to the north of Syria. This report sheds light on the situation of civilians in Eastern Ghouta after GoS took control in 2018.
There are no accurate statistics on the population in Eastern Ghouta or the number of those who have returned to the area, due to restrictions imposed by the GoS security services preventing the collection of accurate statistics.