Airstrikes kill 4 in Syrian town near Damascus

LONDON - 2 November 2017: Syrian government airstrikes killed at least four civilians in a town near the capital Damascus on Thursday, a monitor said.

At least 21 others were wounded in the strikes that hit the town of Douma, which lies in the Eastern Ghouta region, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.

Humanitarian groups have warned of a malnutrition crisis in the area, which is under a tight government siege.