pAt least 15 air raidsa targeted rebel-held areas of eastern Damascus’ Jobar District on June 17 hours before pro-regime forces initiated ground clashes with the locally based al-Rahman Corpsa along the outskirts of the town.ppFollowing the Syrian regime’s capture of the nearby town of Barzeh in May 2017a, there has been an increase in military activity in and around the Jobar District, yet there have been few territorial advances reported thus far in June.