Eastern Ghouta, home to about 400,000 people, is also reeling under a government siege that has prevented aid from getting in. Eastern Ghouta, home to about 400,000 people, is also reeling under a siege that has prevented aid from getting in and medical evacuations. ———6 p.m.Syrian rescuers and activists say the death toll from airstrikes and shelling by government and Russian forces of an opposition-held area near Damascus has climbed to at least 38. Rescue workers are scrambling to keep up with the onslaught as artillery and airstrikes pound eastern Ghouta for a second straight day on Tuesday. Ankara views the Syrian Kurdish fighters as terrorists because of their links to Kurdish insurgents fighting inside Turkey.

Source: ABC News February 06, 2018 09:16 UTC