Syrian government air strikes on rebel-held areas near Damascus killed at least 31 people on Wednesday, and insurgents bombarded the capital with rockets that killed at least 13 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, Reuters reported. Warplanes targeted several areas in the insurgent-held district of Eastern Ghouta on the capital's outskirts, the Britain-based Observatory said, killing at least 31 people and wounding another 120. The Observatory said more than 50 shells hit central Damascus in a bombardment by insurgents that wounded 60 people.
