The deaths, which so far include one young girl, came after bombardment of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta region near DamascusAt least 14 civilians, including one young girl, were killed by Syrian regime bombardment of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta region near Damascus on Saturday. Ten of the victims were killed by air strikes and another four died in rocket fire, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. On Friday, regime bombardments killed at least 19 people, including six children, mostly in the city of Douma. The official Sana news agency said on Saturday rebel shelling of the city killed one person and wounded 20. President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have besieged eastern Ghouta since 2013, and humanitarian conditions in the area, where some 400,000 people live, are dire.

Source: The Guardian November 18, 2017 20:03 UTC