Strikes on Syria's Ghouta kill 42 civilians: Monitor

The Britain-based monitoring group's head, Rami Abdel Rahman, said the strikes were carried out by Russian warplanes on the Saqba area, in the south of the splintered enclave.

Syrians walk between destroyed buildings during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces in Ghouta. (File | AP)

BEIRUT: Air strikes on rebel areas of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus killed at least 42 civilians on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

The Britain-based monitoring group's head, Rami Abdel Rahman, said the strikes were carried out by Russian warplanes on the Saqba and Kfar Batna areas, in the south of the splintered enclave.