Fresh air raids by the Syrian regime on the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta killed at least 14 civilians overnight, the Observatory said Monday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said barrel bombs -- crude, improvised munitions that cause indiscriminate damage -- were used, including on the town of Hammourieh, where 10 people were killed.
The Assad army and its allies have captured more than a third of the rebel enclave in eastern Ghouta since starting a ground offensive there a week ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday.
The Observatory said more than 719 people have been killed in eastern Ghouta in the past two weeks, since the regime and its allies began a massive bombardment of the area on Feb. 18 in preparation for the attack.
Another 5,640 people have been injured in Eastern Ghouta, an agricultural region east of the capital Damascus, according to a local opposition-run health directorate.
Meanwhile, an aid convoy of lorries carrying urgently needed humanitarian supplies has begun entering the Eastern Ghouta, according to BBC.
The 46 trucks will be the first to reach the besieged enclave since mid-February, despite a recent UN-backed ceasefire and short, daily truces ordered by Russia.
If the convoy of trucks are able to deliver their food and aid supplies to the 27,500 people it is supposed to, it would be a "significant beginning", according to the BBC's Jeremy Bowen.
Eastern Ghouta, home to some 400,000 people, has been under a crippling siege and daily bombardment for months. More than 700 civilians have been killed in the last two weeks alone.
The Security Council Saturday called for a 30-day countrywide truce. Russia, which backs the Syrian regime in the war, has instead called for daily humanitarian ceasefires from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (With Agencies)
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