UN backs Syria ceasefire as death toll in rebel enclave tops 500

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Sunday, 25 February 2018 ()

The UN Security Council has unanimously demanded a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, as new air strikes on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta took the civilian death toll from seven days of bombing to more than 500.

With support from Russia, the Security Council adopted a resolution on the ceasefire to allow for humanitarian aid...
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More than 100 civilians have been killed in Syria's Eastern Ghouta in the past 24 hours. It marks the largest single-day death toll in the rebel-held area in nearly three years. At least 20 children were among those killed by Syrian regime shelling and airstrikes on the Damascus suburb. "We in Ghouta...

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