pA funeral was held in Arbin, Syria, on February 7 for one of many victims of the recent escalation of airstrikes on the rebel-controlled eastern Ghouta region.ppAccording to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), this week’s assault on Arbin began Mondaya, when fifteen airstrikes hit the town, killing five and injuring 18 others. In Tuesday’sa barrage, another seven were killed and 165 injured. Wednesday’sa airstrikes killed 13, including four children.ppMany of the towns in the besieged eastern Ghouta region, which is home to an estimated 400,000a people, have been bombarded by airstrikes in recent weeks. SOHR estimatesa 403 civilians including 103 children have been killed in east Ghouta since December 29, 2017.