Paramedics tend to the injuries of a Syrian child who was wounded during reported regime bombardment, in the rebel-held town of Douma on February 24. PIC/afp

Syria's regime carried out new air strikes yesterday on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, a monitor said, despite a UN Security Council demand for a ceasefire "without delay". The strikes yesterday included two on the outskirts of Douma, the main town in Eastern Ghouta, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.