Syrian government airstrikes on rebel-held town of Douma kill at least 58 people-Report


At least 58 people were killed in Syria on Sunday in Syrian government airstrikes on the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus, a monitoring group said.

The attacks on a market wounded another 200 people, mainly civilians, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

"The preliminary information suggests most of the dead are civilians," head of the organization Rami Abdul Rahman said. 

Opposition fighters in Douma have regularly traded fire with the Syrian military during the country's civil war, now in its fifth year. 

The conflict has killed an estimated 250,000 people since it began in 2011. 

The strikes come as U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien visits the country for the first time since taking over the post in May.