![]() But before it did, it accused the Syrian army of carrying out a chemical attack that killed scores of people. The following day, Jaish al-Islam would agree to leave in return for handing over all the hostages - both civilians and soldiers - it was holding in Douma. Those who could took cover underground in basements, tunnels, and other subterranean shelters. It was worse than anything that had happened before. There would have been blinding clouds of dust, breaking glass, and exploding concrete from the constant shelling, the smoke and stench of ordnance, the juddering of helicopters waiting low overhead to drop their improvised barrel bombs. On Saturday, according to one account, the onslaught from shelling, airstrikes, and barrel bombs lasted a full six hours. Cameras from regime-friendly TV channels were trained on Douma to watch the ongoing campaign, primed for imminent victory. Tens of thousands of civilians in Douma were caught between them, enduring skyrocketing prices, malnutrition and the outbreak of disease. So were many Damascenes, who’d grown sick of the volleys of mortars being sent back into central Damascus by the rebels. ![]() ![]() After yet another ceasefire and round of negotiations failed, they returned on Friday, April 6 with a vengeance. For nearly two months, in between shaky truces, Syrian helicopters and airplanes had intermittently pounded Douma. As March gave way to April the Syrian army was about a kilometer away, and closing in. Jaish al-Islam, or the Army of Islam, which maintained a tight grip on Douma, held out. The first two quickly agreed to deals, under whose terms the fighters and their families could choose to be bussed out to northern Syria or take their chances by surrendering to the Syrian army. By March the Syrian army and its allied militias had carved Eastern Ghouta into three distinct enclaves, each under the control of a different militia. The operation was branded “ Damascus Steel,” and it met with surprising success. Last February, the Syrian army, backed by Russian airplanes and emboldened by joint military successes elsewhere, began a final, determined assault. Already miserably poor, it was all the locals could do to stay alive. Food and medicines were expensive or impossible to come by. Since 2013, when a shifting cast of rebel militias wrested control of the area, the whole region of Eastern Ghouta had been under effective siege by the Syrian government. In any case, the developer briefing confirms that a new roadmap will be announced in the coming weeks, meaning players shouldn't have to wait long to find out where the game is headed to next.This much we know: To have been in the Syrian town of Douma, the final rebel military holdout in the suburbs of Damascus, on Saturday, Apmust have sounded and felt very much like hell on earth. Although the post stopped short of confirming which theater this would be, there has been speculation that Hell Let Loose's British forces update would introduce the North African campaign, which saw the heavy deployment of British and Commonwealth troops in the early stages of World War 2. ![]() In a fresh developer briefing posted to the Hell Let Loose Steam page, Black Matter revealed that the Commonwealth update will introduce a " whole new theater of war", and also provided players with their first glimpse of one of the new weapons coming to the game - the British Bren gun. Related: New Hell Let Loose Update Adds Night Maps, Remagen, & Abilitiesīlack Matter has now confirmed the next steps of Hell Let Loose's roadmap, revealing that the Commonwealth Expansion will be the " first major update" of 2023. ![]()
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