<p>A teenager in East Damascus who bore witness as airstrikes hit his town documented the scene from a nearby rooftop while warplanes could be heard overhead.</p><p>Since December 9, Muhammed Najem has filmed himself and his younger cousin Raghed speaking in English about the bombing on East Damascus, a lack of food and water, and urgently needed medical supplies. He says he is fifteen years old. Storyful cannot independently confirm the identities of these two children.</p><p>In one video filmed on a rooftop, airstrikes are audible in the background, and Muhammed says in English</a>, “We are killed by your silence.”</p><p>He also posted videos photos taken from a local hospital of a baby who has sustained terrible injuries in airstrikes on East Damascus, and expressed solidarity with another baby in East Damascus Kareem</a>, who lost an eye as a result of the bombardment of the area.</p><p>Muhammed wears a Syrian opposition flag around his neck in some of the videos and says the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad is responsible for the siege and bombardment of East Damascus.</p><p>There are multiple activist accounts</a> on Twitter showing children in East Damascus living through the war. Credit: Twitter/muhammad najem via Storyful</p><br />
