President Assad's forces launch new Syrian air strikes against civilians bringing death total to

President Assad's forces launch new Syrian air strikes against civilians bringing death total to

President Assad's forces launch new Syrian air strikes against civilians bringing death total to 527 including 129 children despite UN call for ceasefire WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT  President Bashar al-Assad's forces launched new air strikes shaking Syria's rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Sunday and bringing the death toll to 527, including 129 children - despite a UN demand for a ceasefire to end one of the most ferocious assaults of the country's civil war. After days of diplomatic wrangling, the Security Council on Saturday adopted a resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria 'without delay', to allow for aid deliveries and medical evacuations. Assad's forces launched a major bombing campaign against the enclave on the edge of Damascus a week ago, with more than 500 people killed since. . Russia is a key ally of Assad's regime and in a phone call on Sunday German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron urged President Vladimir Putin to use his influence. They called on Russia 'to exercise maximum pressure Thank for watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!