Syrian regime air force raided a marketplace in the embattled Eastern Ghouta district near Damascus, killing 14 people and wounding dozens, a monitoring group said.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights said14 civilians were killed in Ein Tarma town east of Damascus when regime warplanes hit the local market were people crowded a day before of the Islamic New Year Holiday.
Eastern Ghouta area is regularly targeted by regime shelling and bombardment and has been under a suffocating siege for nearly two years.
Early Tuesday, Islam Army, key rebel group in Eastern Ghouta, has fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the capital as scores of pro-regime supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its intervention in Syria. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties, according to AP.
Islam Army fighters have targeted the embassy in the past but it was not clear if Tuesday's attack targeted the rally.
Russia began launching airstrikes against rebel-held areas in Syria on Sept. 30. Some of the attacks have targeted Islam Army positions in the northeastern countryside of Damascus.
Human Rights Watch urged the United Nations to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government after Sunday's attacks, which the rights group said demonstrated the regime's "appalling disregard for civilians."
But Damascus has insisted it is waging war against "terrorism" to defend deadly attacks on civilians.
More than 250,000 people have lost their lives in the 4-1/2 year war in Syria.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights said14 civilians were killed in Ein Tarma town east of Damascus when regime warplanes hit the local market were people crowded a day before of the Islamic New Year Holiday.
Eastern Ghouta area is regularly targeted by regime shelling and bombardment and has been under a suffocating siege for nearly two years.
Early Tuesday, Islam Army, key rebel group in Eastern Ghouta, has fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the capital as scores of pro-regime supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its intervention in Syria. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties, according to AP.
Islam Army fighters have targeted the embassy in the past but it was not clear if Tuesday's attack targeted the rally.
Russia began launching airstrikes against rebel-held areas in Syria on Sept. 30. Some of the attacks have targeted Islam Army positions in the northeastern countryside of Damascus.
Human Rights Watch urged the United Nations to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government after Sunday's attacks, which the rights group said demonstrated the regime's "appalling disregard for civilians."
But Damascus has insisted it is waging war against "terrorism" to defend deadly attacks on civilians.
More than 250,000 people have lost their lives in the 4-1/2 year war in Syria.
Zaman Al Wasl
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