A new COVID-19 case was identified today in Damascus, bringing the total number of recorded COVID-19 cases in Syria to 48: 45 in regime-held areas (Daraa, Damascus, Reef Dimashq) + 3 in Hassakeh (SDF areas).
The town of Sayyeda Zainab on the outskirts of Damascus, an epicenter of foreign Shia militias, continues to remain under lock-down for over a month. The humanitarian situation in this overcrowded town is quickly deteriorating. Locals lack basic goods such as food and clean water
Prices continue to rise in the majority-Shia town of Sayyeda Zainab near Damascus. The town's young men joined regime/Iranian militias en masse, many have died, others are disabled. Their relatives are literally going hungry due to the ongoing COVID-19 lock-down.
