Deaths mounts in Syria as UN weighs cease-fire resolution
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government warplanes carried out a sixth day of airstrikes Friday in the rebel-held suburbs east of Damascus, killing 32 people, activists said, as the death toll from a week of bombardment soared over 400. 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. The new bombings came a day after Syrian army helicopters dropped leaflets over the rebel-controlled areas of ...
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