Pleas for safe passage for civilians trapped in eastern Ghouta

Doctors and civil leaders among signatories to open letter to the UN, demanding action to stop massacre by Syrian forces Doctors and civilians in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta have published open letters asking for their safe passage under the supervision of international guarantors, as forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad continue a military offensive that has lasted nearly a month and killed more than 1,500 civilians. Related: Syria’s new exiles: Kurds flee Afrin after Turkish assaul