Fighting Resumes Despite Syria 'Pause'

Fighting continued in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area in Syria during the first daily five-hour 'pause' ordered by the government's ally Russia. Activists say there were government air and artillery strikes, while Russia said rebels shelled a 'humanitarian corridor' meant to let civilians leave.

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Picture: A general view taken from a government-held area in Damascus shows smoke rising from the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta. Credit: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images.