The Syrian regime’s assault on a rebel-held enclave near the capital has left civilians with the stark choice of joining thousands who are fleeing across frontlines or hunkering down in basements with little food and uncertainty about their fate.
Airstrikes on Friday killed at least 57 people, including nine children, in Kafar Batna, a town in Eastern Ghouta, as Syrian regime forces advanced deeper into the Damascus suburb, according to local doctors and activists. The ground advance spurred an unplanned exodus of at least...