Strikes on Syria's Ghouta kill 42 civilians: Monitor
By AFP | Published: 16th March 2018 12:50 PM |
Last Updated: 16th March 2018 03:41 PM | A+A A- |
Syrians walk between destroyed buildings during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces in Ghouta. (File | AP)
BEIRUT: Air strikes on rebel areas of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus killed at least 42 civilians on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.
The Britain-based monitoring group's head, Rami Abdel Rahman, said the strikes were carried out by Russian warplanes on the Saqba and Kfar Batna areas, in the south of the splintered enclave.
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