Ghouta blast kills family of 9, toll rises

Updated February 26 2018 - 10:53pm, first published 10:47pm
In Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, a new wave of conflict has killed 500 people in a week.
In Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, a new wave of conflict has killed 500 people in a week.

A family of nine has been killed in Syrian government bombardment of the rebel enclave of eastern Ghouta, where air strikes and fighting have persisted despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire.

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