An elderly Syrian man carries a child as he walks through the dust following a reported regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 6, 2018. / AFP / ABDU
BEIRUT: Air strikes killed 23 civilians including five children in a rural part of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"The death toll from air strikes that targeted Eastern Ghouta villages increased to 23 people, including five children," the Britain-based war monitor said in a statement.
