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Deadly airstrikes continue near Damascus as death toll surpasses 400<\/strong><\/p>\n

Latest bombardment on Eastern Ghouta killed dozens Thursday, bringing the number of dead civilians in a six-day assault by the Syrian government to more than 400.<\/p>\n

Opposition activists say Syrian government warplanes carried out a sixth day of airstrikes in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus, killing over 400 people in one of the bloodiest episodes of Syria’s seven-year conflict.<\/p>\n

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that at least 403 people were killed in the “hysterical attack” that\u00a0began on Sunday<\/a><\/span>, including 150 children. Almost 2,120 others were wounded.<\/p>\n

The number of casualties has overwhelmed rescuers and doctors at hospitals, many of which have also been bombed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, at the United Nations, a vote on a Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day humanitarian cease-fire across Syria was delayed until Saturday to try to close a gap over the timing of a halt to fighting.<\/p>\n

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The new bombings came a day after Syrian army helicopters dropped leaflets over the rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ghouta, urging residents to leave the suburbs for their own safety and calling on opposition fighters to surrender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Opposition activists reported airstrikes and artillery shelling on a string of towns on the edge of Damascus or eastern Ghouta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At least 32 people were killed in raids on areas including Hammouriyeh, Zamalka, Douma and al-Marj, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group that monitors the civil war through a network of activists in Syria,\u00a0as the death toll from a week of bombing soared over 400.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Syrian state TV reported that insurgents fired 70 shells on Damascus, killing one person and wounding 60 others. It said one of the shells hit a hospital, damaging its intensive care unit as well as cars parked nearby.<\/p>\n

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