BEIRUT: New air strikes hit the last rebel pocket in the former opposition bastion of Eastern Ghouta Sunday, a monitor said, despite reports the fighters had struck a ceasefire deal with regime ally Russia.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said air raids, reported to have killed at least 70 civilians on Friday and Saturday, had resumed.
Negotiators in Douma, the main town in Ghouta held by Jaish al-Islam rebels, said the fighters on Sunday struck the deal with Russia and hoped it would lead to a resumption of talks between the two sides.