Syrian Strikes Kill at Least 30 This Morning

Smoke billows from a weapons depot allegedly belonging to rebel fighters during an operation by Syrian regime forces to take control of the Al-Maleh farms, west of the Handarat hill which is located just north of Aleppo.

BEIRUT— A Syrian air strike on a rebel-held area near Damascus killed more than 30 people on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group and opposition activists reported. Syrian government officials were not immediately available to comment on the reported attack in Hamoria, a district in the Eastern Ghouta area that has been besieged by security forces.