A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter is seen in the eastern suburbs of al-Bab, Syria. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - France demanded an end to air strikes in Syria on Friday as warplanes mounted further attacks on a rebel stronghold near Damascus where a war monitor said government bombardments have killed 229 people, the deadliest week in the area since 2015.
President Bashar al-Assad, who has seized a clear advantage in the war with Russian and Iranian help, is hammering two of the last key rebel pockets of Syria - the Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus and Idlib in the northwest near the Turkish border.
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