(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes on Thursday have staged air strikes on Eastern Ghouta towns near Damascus, killing at least 21 people, including children, and wounding about 140, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl.
Local activists said 12 people have been killed in the stricken town of Erbin while 6 more people have been killed in nearby Zamalka, in less than 24 hours since 10 people lost their lives in the aerial bombing on Zamalka.
Three more people were killed in Douma city, activists added.
On Wednesday, Syrian regime and rebel bombardment killed at least 24 civilians and wounded dozens in the capital and the embattled Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said.
Mortar rounds fired from the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region onto residential areas of Damascus left nine civilians dead and 25 wounded, local monitoring group tracks rebels shelling on Damascus said.
The attack came after the regime fired 6 cluster rockets onto Douma earlier in the day, killing five civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and media center.
Eastern Ghouta, which is largely controlled by the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group, is regularly bombarded by government forces.
Ten other civilians, including a child, were later killed in government airstrikes on the nearby towns of Hazzeh and Zamalka, activists said.
More than 260,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict erupted in 2011 with protests against President Bashar Assad's government. (With AFP)
Local activists said 12 people have been killed in the stricken town of Erbin while 6 more people have been killed in nearby Zamalka, in less than 24 hours since 10 people lost their lives in the aerial bombing on Zamalka.
Three more people were killed in Douma city, activists added.
On Wednesday, Syrian regime and rebel bombardment killed at least 24 civilians and wounded dozens in the capital and the embattled Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said.
Mortar rounds fired from the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region onto residential areas of Damascus left nine civilians dead and 25 wounded, local monitoring group tracks rebels shelling on Damascus said.
The attack came after the regime fired 6 cluster rockets onto Douma earlier in the day, killing five civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and media center.
Eastern Ghouta, which is largely controlled by the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group, is regularly bombarded by government forces.
Ten other civilians, including a child, were later killed in government airstrikes on the nearby towns of Hazzeh and Zamalka, activists said.
More than 260,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict erupted in 2011 with protests against President Bashar Assad's government. (With AFP)
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