Deccan Chronicle

16 KILLED IN DAMASCUS AIRSTRIKE

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Beirut, March 25: At least 16 civilians were killed and dozens wounded in an air strike on a rebel-held area outside Syria’s capital Damascus, the Syrian Observator­y for Human Rights monitor said.

It said it was not immediatel­y clear who was responsibl­e for the strike on the town Hammuriyeh in the opposition bastion of Eastern Ghouta.

“Sixteen civilians, including a child, were killed and around 50 others wounded in an air strike on the main street in the town of Hammuriyeh,” Observator­y director Rami Abdel Rahman said.

It was not immediatel­y clear if all the wounded were civilians or if some were rebel fighters, he said, adding the death toll could rise further because a number of the injured were in serious condition.

White Helmets rescue organisati­on were seen removing survivors from the aftermath of the street, including a man whose face was coated in blood.

The Eastern Ghouta region outside Damascus has been under a devastatin­g government siege since 2012, and is also the regular target of regime air strikes and artillery fire.

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