In 3 days, more than 200 Islamic rebels were killed and 5 civilians were killed.

On April 30, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said more than 200 Islamist rebels were killed and five civilians were killed in the fighting that took place over the past three days to control the eastern area of ​​the capital Damascus (Syria).

Smoke rises after airstrikes in Daraa, Syria. (Source: AFP/TTXVN)

The fighting began on April 28, when the Jaish al-Islam Islamic Front launched a large-scale offensive against the Levant Liberation Front, formerly known as the Nusra Front affiliated with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus.

The purpose of the attack by the Saudi-backed Jaish al-Islam group was to destroy the Qatar-backed Nusra Front in the Ghouta areas, SOHR said.

The Nusra Front, or Levant Liberation Front, is considered a terrorist group by the United Nations and the international community, while the US-led anti-terror coalition is "keeping an eye" on the group's leaders in Idlib province, northwestern Syria./.

According to VN Plus