Syria strikes hit near Damascus despite ceasefire: monitor

Syria's regime carried out air raids on one of the last rebel strongholds near Damascus Sunday, a monitor said, a day after it declared a ceasefire in parts of the besieged enclave.The Syrian army on Saturday announced a halt in fighting for parts of Eastern Ghouta, a rebel-held region on the outskirts of the capital that has been ravaged in the six-year conflict."Regime warplanes targeted the area of Ain Terma with at least six strikes since early morning, and two raids were carried out on and