Syria: fresh fighting in eastern Ghouta despite UN-ordered ceasefire

Assad forces have launched new air and ground offensive on battered enclave, witnesses sayFresh fighting has broken out on several fronts in eastern Ghouta, the besieged opposition-held enclave on the outskirts of Damascus, despite a 30-day ceasefire across all of Syria ordered by the United Nations. After days of intense debate, the UN security council had voted unanimously on Saturday for a temporary truce to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid and medical assistance.Continue reading...