Syria Regime Raids

The airborne raid is the first such operation in Syrian regime-controlled areas, said the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights.

Syria's regime carried out air raids on one of the last rebel strongholds near Damascus Sunday, a monitor said, a day after it declared a ceasefire in parts of the besieged enclave.

Heavy clashes erupted between regime and rebel forces in Syria's divided city of Aleppo after a "humanitarian" ceasefire announced by government ally Russia expired before the UN could evacuate wounded civilians from rebel-held areas.

Syrian government warplanes were again in the air over the mainly Kurdish-held city of Hasakeh today despite a US warning against any new strikes that might endanger its military advisers, a monitor said.

Russia must change its military targeting as it backs the Syrian regime, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday, as world powers seek a cessation of hostilities in the country within a week.

Suspected US-led coalition air strikes killed at least 26 civilians in a Syrian village Monday, piling pressure on the alliance after allegations another bombing raid left regime soldiers dead.

Regime troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah and Russian air raids advanced Thursday in western Syria in a "vast offensive" against rebels, as NATO voiced alarm at Moscow's escalating military activity in the country.

More than 40 of Syria's most powerful rebel factions said on Monday that Russia's air campaign had made a political solution to the country's bloody conflict impossible.

At least 23 civilians, including eight children, were killed in regime air raids on a market in a jihadist-held city of eastern Syria on Monday, a monitoring group said.

At least 82 people were killed in Syrian regime air raids Sunday on a town outside Damascus, a monitor said, as the UN's top humanitarian chief held talks with government officials.

At least 70 people were killed today in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma, a rebel-held town near Damascus, a monitoring group said.

Thirteen civilians, among them seven children, were killed in aerial attacks by Syria's government Wednesday on the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said.

At least 10 people, including two children, were killed in Syrian government air strikes on the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma today, a monitor said.

At least 20 civilians, including five children, were killed today in Syrian government air strikes on a town in Idlib province in the northwest, a monitoring group said.

More than 500 civilians have been killed in a "world record" 2,000 air strikes across Syria by regime forces over the past 40 days, a monitoring group said today.

The airborne raid is the first such operation in Syrian regime-controlled areas, said the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights.

Syria's regime carried out air raids on one of the last rebel strongholds near Damascus Sunday, a monitor said, a day after it declared a ceasefire in parts of the besieged enclave.

Heavy clashes erupted between regime and rebel forces in Syria's divided city of Aleppo after a "humanitarian" ceasefire announced by government ally Russia expired before the UN could evacuate wounded civilians from rebel-held areas.

Syrian government warplanes were again in the air over the mainly Kurdish-held city of Hasakeh today despite a US warning against any new strikes that might endanger its military advisers, a monitor said.

Russia must change its military targeting as it backs the Syrian regime, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday, as world powers seek a cessation of hostilities in the country within a week.

Suspected US-led coalition air strikes killed at least 26 civilians in a Syrian village Monday, piling pressure on the alliance after allegations another bombing raid left regime soldiers dead.

Regime troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah and Russian air raids advanced Thursday in western Syria in a "vast offensive" against rebels, as NATO voiced alarm at Moscow's escalating military activity in the country.

More than 40 of Syria's most powerful rebel factions said on Monday that Russia's air campaign had made a political solution to the country's bloody conflict impossible.

At least 23 civilians, including eight children, were killed in regime air raids on a market in a jihadist-held city of eastern Syria on Monday, a monitoring group said.

At least 82 people were killed in Syrian regime air raids Sunday on a town outside Damascus, a monitor said, as the UN's top humanitarian chief held talks with government officials.

At least 70 people were killed today in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma, a rebel-held town near Damascus, a monitoring group said.

Thirteen civilians, among them seven children, were killed in aerial attacks by Syria's government Wednesday on the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said.

At least 10 people, including two children, were killed in Syrian government air strikes on the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma today, a monitor said.

At least 20 civilians, including five children, were killed today in Syrian government air strikes on a town in Idlib province in the northwest, a monitoring group said.

More than 500 civilians have been killed in a "world record" 2,000 air strikes across Syria by regime forces over the past 40 days, a monitoring group said today.