Eastern Ghouta is the last terrorist stronghold near the Syrian capital.
A commander in the military alliance fighting in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said fighting was underway in al-Shayfouniya.
Terrorists have been using the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta to launch attacks on civilians in the Syrian capital.
Syria’s official news agency (SANA) reported on Friday that the al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups were preventing civilians from leaving Eastern Ghouta through the safe corridors.
A Syrian military source also told SANA that the United States, the United Kingdom, and other Western states had even given terrorist groups instructions to carry out a chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta and put the blame on the government.
