These are photos from eastern Ghouta taken after Syrian forces reportedly defeated opposition fighters in the area. This selection will shock you. From a supervised media tour of the city that shows the widespread destruction it has suffered to a boy who sits on a chair in the middle of a street, these images will impress you.
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A street in Douma near Damascus. Two days after Syrian troops declared the town ‘liberated’, a supervised media tour of the city showed the widespread destruction it has suffered
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
Syrian authorities distribute food to Douma residents
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
Syrian soldiers ride past the grand mosque
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
A man walks past damaged buildings
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
Destruction on a residential street
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
A young man puts bread inside his jacket
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
A man and a girl look out from a damaged building
Photograph: Ali Hashisho/Reuters
A man rides past a scene of destruction
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
Mortar shells allegedly used by the Jaish al-Islam opposition group to shell Damascus
Photograph: STR/EPA
Photograph: Ali Hashisho/Reuters