Toll rises to 89 in attacks on Syria rebel strongholds

At least 89 people, including 17 children, were killed Friday in attacks on Syrian opposition strongholds near Damascus and in the country's north, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Regime rocket fire on the rebel-controlled town of Douma, east of the capital, left 57 people dead, among them five children, the monitoring group said, updating an earlier toll.

And 32 civilians, including 12 children, were killed in air strikes believed to have been carried out by regime or Russian warplanes on opposition-held areas of Aleppo city, the Observatory said.

Source: AFP