Syria’s Assad is targeting ‘everything that moves’ in Ghouta, says American teacher

An American woman living in eastern Ghouta, the besieged suburb of Damascus, Syria, described eight days of “constant bombardment” in an interview with NBC News at her home on Tuesday.

Bombing and artillery fire has not stopped, she said, despite Russia’s promise to implement a daily five-hour cease-fire starting Tuesday to allow aid deliveries.

“We’re supposed to be in a cease-fire, and there’s still bombing and artillery,” she said, as explosions rang out in the background.

“They’ve targeted medical facilities. They’ve targeted shelters. They’ve targeted everything that moves here,” she said, referring to the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The woman, Deana Lynn, who asked to be identified by her first and middle names only, was born in Michigan and has lived in Syria with her husband and eight children since 2000. She taught English for nine years until schools closed because of the war. Her husband, who worked in the food industry before fighting erupted, is now affiliated with the local faction of the Free Syrian Army, a group of moderate rebels.

 Source : nbcnews