U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is appealing to the Security Council to approve an urgent 30-day cease-fire across Syria and to help the 400,000 besieged residents of eastern Ghouta, who he said, “live in hell on earth.”

Last year, the enclave was designated as one of four "de-escalation zones" in a deal with President Bashar al-Assad’s supporters Russia and Iran, along with Turkey.

But fighting has escalated recently as the Syrian military and its allied forces appear to be launching an all-out operation to re-take the area, which is one of the last areas near Damascus still under control of the armed opposition.

The UN. human rights office said Wednesday at least 346 people have died in eastern Ghouta since February 4.

聯合國秘書長古鐵雷斯呼吁安理會同意在敘利亞實施緊急停火30天并幫助被困在東古塔的40萬居民。古鐵雷斯說，這些人陷于“人間地獄”。

去年，支持阿薩德總統的俄羅斯和伊朗與土耳其一道協調達成了協議，東古塔是四個“沖突降級區”之一。

但是，隨著敘利亞政府軍及其同盟看來發動了收復這一地區的全面進攻，東古塔的沖突大大加劇。那里是敘利亞首都大馬士革附近反政府武裝仍然控制的地區之一。

聯合國人權辦公室星期三說，今年2月4號以來，東古塔至少有346人喪生。