THERE IS LITTLE SIGN OF DAILY LIFE HERE.

line between al-Qassaa on the regime side and Jobar on the rebel side. Grey smudges denote the remains of levelled buildings. Craters dot the roads and streets have been wiped off the map. Smoke rises from the latest strikes.

“There is little sign of daily life here,” said McKenzie’s Stuart Ray, a former British military intelligence officer. “We could see no cars driving or people on the streets, no shopkeepers opening their stores. It’s a wasteland.”

According to the United Nations, 91 per cent of Jobar has been destroyed by the regime’s strikes, which have intensified in recent weeks. Government territory is regularly hit by mortars from rebel areas of Ghouta, but the damage is nothing to the devastation of the barrel bombs.

The UN identified about 3,853 destroyed, 5,141 severely damaged and 3,547 moderately damaged buildings in the more densely-populated western parts of the enclave. In the Ein Terma neighbourhood, where 18,500 still live, satellite images show 71 per cent of buildings destroyed or damaged.

In Zamalka, another major neighbourhood, 59 per cent of buildings are destroyed or damaged. There has been no water or electricity for two years.

Russian and Syrian bombs indiscrimately land on schools and hospitals almost daily.

Since the government’s offensive escalated two weeks ago, 14 medical facilities have been taken out of service, according