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WASHINGTON, March 4 (KUNA) -- The White House on Sunday blasted Russia and the Syrian regime for the civilian deaths from the ongoing military offensive in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta.
"The United States condemns the ongoing military offensive that the Assad regime, backed by Russia and Iran, is perpetrating against the people of Eastern Ghouta," White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.
Sanders mentioned a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution, which passed unanimously late last month and called for a ceasefire across Syria, humanitarian aid and medical evacuations.
According to Sanders, Russian jets conducted at least 20 bombing missions each day between February 24 and February 28 on Eastern Ghouta.
"Pro-regime forces must immediately cease targeting medical infrastructure and civilians as part of the brutal campaign in Eastern Ghouta. The civilized world must not tolerate the Assad regime's continued use of chemical weapons," she said.
She blasted Russia's role in backing the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime.
"Russia has gone on to ignore its terms and to kill innocent civilians under the false auspices of counterterrorism operations," Sanders said.
"This is the same combination of lies and indiscriminate force that Russia and the Syrian regime used to isolate and destroy Aleppo in 2016, where thousands of civilians were killed," she added. (end)
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