(MENAFN) Due to the presence of thousands of battle-hardened terrorists who have had years to prepare, the Syrian government's battle to evoke the rebel-held eastern suburbs of Damascus is likely to be a long and bloody fight.
According to Fox News, Many of the fighters deep-rooted in eastern Ghouta are originally from the area and move around using an elaborate network of underground tunnels, giving them an advantage against President Bashar Assad's forces and their Russian- and Iranian-backed allies.
The territory of some 400,000 residents is the last major opposition-controlled area near Assad's seat of power, and the rebels have been aiming at the capital with volleys of mortar shells, disrupting life in a reminder that they can deprive the city of peace.
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