Syrian security forces attacked rebel-held suburbs of Damascus with fighter jets and rockets Sunday, killing at least ten people and wounding dozens in an offensive to stop rebels closing in on the capital.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighter jets carried out two airstrikes on the Damascus suburb of Daraya, while heavy rocket attacks pounded the nearby town of Deir al-Asafir, east of the capital, where most of the casualties took place.

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict