Syrian activists say at least 20 people have been killed and dozens wounded in government air strikes on the Damascus suburb of Douma.
President Bashar Assad’s forces have been pounding Douma from the skies for over a week. The sprawling suburb is home to the Jaysh al-Islam rebel group, also known as Islam Army.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 20 people were killed in the latest airstrikes Saturday. Other groups including the Local Coordination Committees and the Douma Revolution Facebook page put the death toll at 50. Such discrepancies are normal in the aftermath of chaotic strikes in Syria.
More than 100 people were killed in Douma last Sunday when air strikes struck a vegetable market and other residential areas.
U.N. condemnation
U.N. officials have condemned the strikes.
