BBC: Syria war: New UN truce plea as deaths in Eastern Ghouta mount
The UN has renewed its appeal for an immediate truce in the besieged Syrian rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, amid reports of more deaths in air strikes.
The UN Security Council demanded on Saturday that all parties cease fighting for 30 days "without delay".
But the Syrian government's ally Russia said the truce would begin only once they had agreed how to implement it.
It came as activists reported that nine civilians were killed in a government air strike on the town of Douma.
At least 541 people have been killed by government air and artillery strikes since hostilities escalated eight days ago, according to a medical charity.
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MIDDLE EAST
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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